the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of the following nomination -- executive calendar 423. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk: department of defense, brian mccarthy of illinois to be secretary of the army. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, no further motions be in order, and any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations -- executive calendar 398, 442, 443, 444, 445, and 455, and all

public wants unification between the 2 main blocs they want unification and numbers speaks for us and as for the. party you know it is sensitive to say that any of the 2 blocs mainly the good begun small good day red white rock can adopt them because they object to anything called them is a very real and they all support to do the palestinian terrorist organization it's hard to be allied with such a bloc they cannot be adopted this part of legitimate government because they are all gypsy everything we do in the area they are blacksmith trying to blackmail to go government so it's very hard to predict what is about to happen in the near future. still to come identity crisis facebook now claims it's a publisher at not just a platform and a legal case which could have a major impact on what's posted on the site that story and more after the break. you know world is big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past

there is still going to gratian it's hard to be allied with such a bloc despite the fact that a lot of them do suppose. the public but. the present is something blue and white can count on only in one case where command on the way black or white to the president of his or mr. they come a command on guns but further than this they can all be adopted this part of illegitimate government because they are gypsy everything we do ok are blocked with trying to blackmail to go government so it's very hard to predict. coming back to your 1st question absolutely very hard to predict what i'm going to head off i'm not going to put a because if we had another election would you expect the results to be any different. you know if we take seriously. the numbers that has been achieved in these elections is really. flex the real of the israeli citizens so i believe that you know as i show you said if somebody tried. to knock his head to the cement wall and from the 2nd attempt there is all to say i believe that these immediately if you try the 3rd try to do the same we have to try to get to a solution

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alliance won $33.00 seats while netanyahu center right likud party was just behind that the arabic bloc came 3rd with 5 more seats than in the previous election well arab israelis do make up around 20 percent of the population making them a major voting bloc netanyahu has made unproven allegations of ballot fraud in arab districts even accused rival parties of stealing the recent election after they blocked his bill for cameras to be placed in polling stations in arab areas is inflammatory views was seen as perhaps a factor in boosting arab voter turnout to 59 percent political analyst michel barak believes though that for now netanyahu doesn't have any viable options for a coalition. the ironic thing is the last election which was a few months ago and then you know how to really all the options in the world he could have formed a right of center government a narrow one with about 61 seats or he could have sat down with benny gantz and had a unity government with 70 and added more parties he chose to do neither he wasn't successful in either called for new elections now what it appears

party you know it's sensitive to say that any of the 2 blocs mainly the good the guns. the red white brock can adopt them because they object to anything called zionism is a very real and they support to do surely the palestinian terrorist organization it's hard to be allied with such a bloc they cannot be adopted this part of legitimate government because they are all gypsy everything we do. they are blocked with trying to blackmail to go to government so it's very hard to predict what is about to happen in the new near future. social media giant facebook is apparently undergoing a bit of an identity crisis it's changed the way it scribes itself from a platform to a publisher and that could have some important ramifications and they recently the case facebook claimed it was a publisher insisting it has the right to ban whoever wants but that would also make it liable for what goes out on its platform responsibility its previously tried to dodge go has more so what have we got here. that's better. plaintive ultra right web activist laura loom or who was taken off pretty

we came up with the concept of the blocs. if you build outside of their, you are building inside of what would be a palestinian state. there are now 184,000 israelis who live outside of the blocs. if you want to preserve two states for when it is possible somewhere down the road, you have to stop building outside of the blocs now. if you keep building, you are creating a strategic choice. what this book is about, looking historically at leaders who are prepared to make big decisions, say this is a looming decision. it is one that has strategic consequences. it is hard politically because of the weight of the settler movement in israel. leaders courage and a who is prepared to explain the stakes. it takes looking at the past when leaders were not reluctant to take the decisions. where they put the state first and not political interest first. that is what the book is about. let me begin with one of those leaders, the founding father of the state of israel, david ben-gurion. from his goalted of jewish sovereignty. democratic va

and the murkiest or bloc it took 20 years to negotiate this deal and it could now all fall apart. austria is the latest country to cost out on a deal that's been 20 years in the making for the past several months the planned agreement between the european union and for south american nations has shown signs of on ruffling a trading relationship worth $88000000000.00 euros a year is at stake the e.u. exports $45000000000.00 euros of goods to brazil argentina parekh y. and euro quite each year the markets are a block sense almost as much back the deal would remove to she's on over 90 percent of good c.e.u. exports to marcus or that includes cars textiles and chemicals markets are countries for their parts would benefit from reduced tariffs on opera cultural products including poultry and beef. images like these of the amazon burning have prompted countries including france luxembourg and arlen to threaten not to approve the agreement brazil in response accusing the bloc of using environmental concerns as a mosque for discontent among edu farmers but with austria now adding its voice

what it means for the center left a bloc which includes blue and white they would come up with $55.00 seats and the religious and writing group would come of this $56.00 seats so nobody actually is on a clear pass to form their own majority government now who comes in here as a possible kingmaker this is most likely it appears to be of it to leave them and is retained or he has obtained 9 seats and he already made clear that he would like to see a unity government but there is also talk at the moment but other scenarios for example like a minority government that would also be possible so very tight result in the election that what does it mean for netanyahu israel along with 7 prime minister. well i mean it's a major setback and he seems to be have be really in a weak position now after this rerun of the elections he failed last time to put a coalition together and he failed to put a coalition to his liking reese would have been a right wing coalition with the ultra also talks of parties and this in light of course over his legal troubles he faces possible indictment over corruption

now what is significant here is 1st of all the large palestinian israeli the arab bloc vote turned out they are now the 3rd largest group in israel's knesset and the leader of that group says he could see himself as the leader of the opposition that means he sees a coalition a unity government in the offing perhaps like by benny gantz he might lend his support to benny gantz the 1st time and arab bloc group in the knesset has done that meanwhile a palestinian woman charged by israeli security forces in the occupied west bank has died of her injuries in hospital israeli media say she was seen waving a knife at the call and the checkpoint witnesses say the woman lay on the ground for at least 15 minutes without receiving medical help iran's president says the fighters launched an attack on oil refineries in saudi arabia as a warning should withdraw from the war in yemen has some rouhani made the comment on wednesday alongside another denial iran was involved in extraordinary session of parliament is being held in south africa on how this act of violence against women presidents has talke

way to remain in power and so and so far he's got his packed party behind him and the entire right bloc right religious lot the question is if after weeks of negotiations this reaches a dead end will anybody in his party or his flock raise and decide to say take the challenge and say about you should take your seat but others do the work because then in 5 minutes a coalition could be set on so it's all a question of whether there is the backing within the party for continued mr prime minister mr and then you know those root or if somebody in his party would be willing to step up and challenge it it's not clear whether that's a chose from. her doesn't happen is it a 3rd round of elections this year. or january. unfortunately that's a very realistic scenario where we're looking at right. all right good to get your analysis on that thanks so much dan arbel. you too thanks to her and is prepared for all out war that's the threat from iran's foreign minister if the u.s. takes military action following the bombing of 2 major saudi arabian oil facilities says iran won't blink to defend its ter

the fate of the israeli prime minister hangs in the balance after the arab bloc the joint list gave its backing to form a new government to netanyahu main rival after the recent election resulted in deadlock the israeli president has initiated 2 days of crunch talks with parties to decide who will be the next leader we will recommend benny gantz as prime minister we want to return to legitimate political actors and bring an end to the netanyahu government we want to live in a peaceful place based on ending the occupation the establishment of a palestinian state alongside the state of israel true equality of a civil and national level social justice and democracy for all. the bloc of arab parties known as joint lists came 3rd this week gaining 5 more seats than in the previous election it's thought that that was spurred in part by netanyahu inflammatory remarks about arab districts and their potential for voter fraud that led to a spike in arab voter turnout which is around 59 percent the leader of the arab joint list alliance said that the outcome of the election was the price of incite

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france luxembourg and arland to threaten not to approve the agreement brazil in response accusing the bloc of using environmental concerns as a mosque for discontent among the e.u. farmers but with austria now adding its voice to the dissent the way forward for this long fought for deal is paved with obstacles. for the trade deal. claimants corba he's a lobbyist in brussels of works for the german industry and. also what do they have against this deal in the 1st place why did shoot it down. hello good afternoon from brussels as you have indicated this deal has been negotiated for over 20 years it's one of the biggest deals to u.s. ever done covering more than 700000000 people around the globe opening markets and breaking down barriers and with an agreement like this which was really a big achievement for the outgoing commission it's no wonder it's absolutely normal to have a. big debate well informed debate and this is happening right now from the german business perspective we can tell you that more than 12000 companies and most of them are a semi's are exporting to markets or and they ar

israeli are voters in much higher numbers than usual exit polls indicate the arra blissed bloc could become the 3rd largest force in parliament with results this close israel faces the same situation as it did in april's election with netanyahu and his right wing bloc failing to reach a 61 seat majority let's go straight to jerusalem now and bring in the w's tanya kramer following this for us good morning to you tanya a very close result a tense result we're still waiting i can benjamin netanyahu survives this battle for his political future. well this is sense him an israeli under this and also in the media that this revision of the elections has really we continued substantially he fails again you know to get 61 seats he needed to build. a coalition with other smaller parties out of 320 knesset it was his goal you know to be able to form a coalition of right wing national religious coalition clearly he failed at that but again there is also at the moment a sense a wait and see it because also of course blue and white cannot form easily a coalition there are only unofficial results

insists that he will head a unity government not been human netanyahu said to the prime minister's bloc and the opposition both failed to win a majority and i snap election. according to the election commission we have received $33.00 seats and netanyahu did not achieve the bloc that he had hoped to achieve citizens of israel want to the unity government even after previous elections and they want it now i was talking about it almost for the whole year i intend to create a wide unity government with me is the leader. i was surprised and disappointed by the fact that as of now benny gantz still refuses my call to meet the president called for unity and without a meeting between the 2 major party leaders a unity government cannot be formed. the position leaders statement comes after netanyahu called him to form a coalition with 97 percent of the vote now count is netanyahu center right likud bloc is 2 seats behind the center left a blue and white alliance on wednesday the prime minister added that if he doesn't lead the government it will be quote dangerous receive its mandate from the ar

that shark head to head of the mena party has said that she is an interesting idea this right wing bloc that the netanyahu wants to seal up but that is just an idea for now so there are potential splits between parties also potentially within parties one of the big factors will be how could itself operates given the pressure that's being brought to bear on netanyahu will they stick with him how long will they stick with him could there be tensions within blue and white if some within that party a keener on the prospects of netanyahu taking part in administration than others he made it clear at a ceremony memorializing shimon peres former president and prime minister today that he wants to see something similar to what peres and it's actually his great opponent in the mid 1980 s. did they have a rotational prime ministership that's what netanyahu is hinting he wants to see so far benny gantz is very far from playing ball on that i will leave it there for now thanks so much harry for sit. journalist spent $1000.00 days imprisoned in an egyptian jail is accused of defaming the state and sp

by benny gantz has 32 seats while benjamin is now whose likud party is just behind on 31 netanyahu bloc looks set to control 55 of parliament's $120.00 seats or guidance and his natural partners would have $5661.00 seats are required to secure a majority in parliament or former defense minister avigdor lieberman looks set to be the king make it he's calling for a unity government comprised of his israel but a new party likud and blue and white but dance has ruled out joining in a straight with netanyahu as likud leader or a force it reports from tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu might be down but he's not out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his likud party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a government will be

of arab parties known as joint list came 3rd the bloc came 5 more seats than in the previous election and it's thought that was spurred in part by netanyahu is inflammatory remarks about arab districts and the potential for voter fraud that led to a spike in air voter turnout which hit around 59 percent the leader of the arab shortlist alliance said the outcome of the election was the price of incitement. without cross live to political commentator neil lazarus for more on this now the joint list leader just back benny gantz to head the government how much impact will that have or that's very important because what he's saying is it will probably mean that the president will turn to benny gantz to try and form a government having said that we know that the president of israel is very keen to form a national joint national government of likud and blue and white together he's going to be trying to do that the one thing that everyone is trying to avoid is a 3rd round of elections because there's a stalemate. now the journalist leader called the outcome of the election the price of incite

benny gantz has 32 seats or benjamin netanyahu is likud party is just behind on 31 if you know his bloc looks set to control $55.00 of parliament's $120.00 seats while dance and his natural partners would have $5661.00 seats are required to secure a majority in parliament former defense minister avigdor lieberman boxset to be the kingmaker he's calling for a unity government comprised of his israel party it could and blue and white but dancers ruled out joining in the ministration with netanyahu as likud leader ari force reports from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu might be down but he's not out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his the could party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership look there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a government will

blue and white alliance won $33.00 seats on the yahoos a center right party was just behind that a bloc of arab parties known as joint lists came 3rd the block gained 5 more seats than in the previous election posing a major threat to netanyahu his party as it could enter into a coalition with gangs that thought that was spurred in part by the yahoos inflammatory remarks about arab districts and their potential for voter fraud that led to a spike in arab voter turnout which hit around 59 percent the leader of the arab joint listen alliance said the outcome of the election that was the price of incitement political analyst michel barack believes netanyahu has personally destroyed his own political career. the ironic thing is the last election which was a few months ago and it's you know had really all the options in the world he could have formed a right of center government a narrow one with about 61 seats or he could have sat down with benny gantz and had a unity government with 70 and added more parties he chose to do neither he wasn't successful and either called for new elections no

out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his likud party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership of them there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a government will be formed that is leaning on the and he zionist arab parties the bloc in question would give him 55 seats in the israeli parliament or knesset still 6 short of the 61 needed to form a majority coalition it's a rebuke to netanyahu school an ally i think believe him and has insisted that his party israel data new likud and the opposition blue and white combined to pull the secular unity government usual conclusion is clear all that we have said during the election campaign is coming true there is only one option a national unity government a liberal broad government we will not join and the other

comes out and netanyahu also him to form a coalition the election has left netanyahu center right bloc 2 seats behind the center left the white alliance we spoke to diplomatic analyst who thinks there will be a struggle for leadership of the coalition. netanyahu is somewhat disappointment that gunns is refusing even to meet him so we are in a quite skeptical phase now there's never going to be a 3rd round here 9999.0 percent certain here i think we are going for as said by those 2 leaders for a coalition unity government and now everyone they think is trying to play the tough guy here who is going to be the one who will get the mandate to be the leader who will serve under whom by any by any position by also by this ministry by this portfolio in the negotiation psychology here that's the main thing i'm seeing here behind the scenes. in other news this hour a u.s. drone strike has killed 13 civilians in eastern afghanistan according to local officials the victims a believed to be farmers who were working on a nut plantation a spokesman for u.s. forces says the raid was intended to hit a

the fate of the israeli prime minister hangs in the balance after the arab bloc the joint just gave his backing to form a new government to know his main rival to the recent election resulted in deadlock the israeli president initiated 2 days of crunch talks with parties to decide who will be the next leader. we usually did not indorse israeli p.m.'s so without doubt there is an historical side to what we're doing now we want to put an end to the era of binyamin netanyahu therefore will indorse benny gantz to form the next government we want to live in a peaceful place based on ending the occupation the establishment of a palestinian state alongside the state of israel true equality to civil and national level social justice and democracy for all. the citizens of israel this happened just as we warned the arab joint list recommended by any chance for prime minister there are 2 possibilities now either a minority government will be formed that relies on those who reject the israel as a jewish and democratic state and glorified terrorists that murder all soldiers and citizens or a broad n

needs the backing of the majority of the political parties and one of those groupings is the arab bloc this is where most palestinian israelis cast their vote now they're going to be the 3rd largest party for the 1st time now the leader of the arab bloc iman oday he said he wants to be the leader of the opposition they've never said this before and not means he accepts he thinks the likelihood of a unity government and for that like a unity government to be likely he needs to give his backing to gans's potential prime minister so if that happens gans then needs to persuade likud members to join his unity government of course netanyahu leads record having netanyahu leading the code in that scenario is unacceptable to blue and white so he could would have to get rid of netanyahu they've said they won't but as the weeks go by and record a staring the possibility of going into opposition then there might crack smites appear and that's where netanyahu is at risk it's not all over netanyahu he could form a coalition if you can get labor or blue and white to join him another way around. thank

on the left, the blue and white bloc, led by benny gantz.e their work cut out. in the middle, the israel our home party, led by this man, avigdor lieberman, a former ally of the prime minister who has since broken away, who is projected to get nine seats, can decide who gets a majority in parliament. this is what he had to say today. translation: there is one and only option, a national unity government, broad, liberal government. we say this again this time that we won't need any other option. the challenge to having a unity government is it would mean all parties working together in government, and they aren't willing to do that. abigdor lieberman wants to make sure ultra—orthdox jews subject to military service like all other israelis, so won't form a bloc with them. others are absolutely adamant that must not happen. there is not an easy way to see those two viewpoints being reconciled. benny gantz won'tjoin a unity government with benjamin netanyahu, or bibi as he is known, as the leader. today mr netanyahu made his thoughts clear. tran

what it means for the center left bloc which includes blue and white they would come up with $55.00 seats and the villages and writing block would come of this $56.00 seats so nobody actually is on the clear pass to form their own majority government now who comes in here as a possible kingmaker this is most likely it appears to be of it to leave them and this is where between know he has attained 9 seats and he already made clear that he would like to see a unity government but there is also talk at the moment but other scenarios for example like minority government that would also be possible so very tight result in the election there what does it mean for netanyahu israel along with 7 prime minister. well i mean it's a major setback and he seems to be have be really in a in a weak position now after this rerun of the elections he said last time to put a coalition together and he failed to put a coalition to his liking reese would have been a right wing coalition with the ultra also talks of parties and this in light of course over his legal troubles he faces possible indictment o

benny gantz has 32 seats or benjamin netanyahu who's likud party is just behind on 31 netanyahu is bloc looks set to control 55 of parliament's $120.00 seats while gantz and his natural partners would have $56.61 seats are required to secure a majority in parliament former defense minister avigdor lieberman looks set to be the kingmaker he's calling for a unity government comprised of his israel but a new party likud and blue and white but cancer is ruled out joining in a ministration with netanyahu as likud leader harry forsett reports from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu might be down but he's not out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his the could party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership look there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a governm

good security we can develop those areas this summit has been organized by west africa's regional bloc and has brought together presidents from the so help countries called ju 5 mandated to fight terrorism and illegal migration a crossbow does representatives from other west african countries affected by extremist groups like the boko haram are also here book enough fossil has seen increased attacks in recent years until a few years ago when book enough former president plays come power it was removed from power in a right the country was largely face but in 2016 on the street in the capital where the bugle man stormed into that hotel and 2 restaurants more than 20 people were killed that more new man the reminder of what happened here. the attacks have spread to the east and north of the country about 500 people have been killed and nearly 300000 displaced. like but who's hosted by well wishers in a town about a 100 kilometers away from where the leaders are meeting she fled from her home father north 2 months ago. they came to our village and began shooting everywhere we fled with ou

seats while prime minister benjamin netanyahu has likud party is just behind with 31 that's in the bloc looks set to control 55 of parliament's 120 seats while gantz and his natural partners could have up to 5661 seats are required for a majority former defense minister avigdor lieberman may be the kingmaker is calling for a unity government which he says should include the ultra nasty his ultra nationalists and israel bit a new party likud and the blue and white but dances rule that joining forces with look good if netanyahu remains the party's leader are a force that has more from tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu might be down but he's not out not yet for a meeting with senior members of his likud party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership of them there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahe

bloc group in the knesset has done that does that they've got succeeds to do that and pull over some likud supporters and he could form the coalition government we could says they won't go with him but as they see over the weeks the threats that they could end it opposition and up in opposition and so many could members might finally make the jump in joint accounts netanyahu by the way quickly can still survive he could pull support from labor or from others in blue and white and he could hang on as president desire i say is that veneer of invincibility is chipped away at it gets harder the netanyahu to persuade people to join into our bernard thank you for that let's cross over now to need to abraham who is live for us in ramallah media so what's the feeling there on the ground amongst palestinians does the election mean anything to them. it's safe to say that many of them have met it with a feeling of indifference yesterday the palestinian prime minister and some of the she spoke about the elections and said that there isn't much difference between between the 2 main characters in

the blocs, benjamin netanyahu's right-wing bloc, benny gantz's center-left bloc appear to be more orn a heat as well it does appear the victoring if you like, in the election is the one who might well be kingmaker, a man who used to be a nightclub bouncer once but then went on to be a defense minister and foreign minister, victor lieberman. it would appear he's got eight to ten seats he could be the one who decides as well, of course, israel's president, who will be israel's leader going forward. >> i caution our viewers it may take a couple days before we see this all settle in it is, after all, israeli politics bill neely, nbc's chief global correspondent in tel aviv. >>> internet troll farms and bad actors exploit social media to influence stories and actions. stories and videos that go viral whether they're true or false are capable of driving the economy because they can move markets and influence decisions on investing, on spending and saving in his upcoming book, "narrative economics: how stories go viral and drive major economic events," yale university economics professor ro

by a higher turnout for palestinian israeli voters now you know this joint list is the 3rd largest bloc and of course a man over there has said that he's interested in being the leader of the opposition and potentially that would include attending security briefings do you think it's an area exist where we could see him working now with binny gantz could this happen well what would you can see is what it's how crap indeed. and i believe that this is work benny gantz has in mind is to get 1st of all the arabs not to vote against it which means to support him from so to speak from outside to be inside the coalition but not inside the government so he has the majority with the avs and with lieberman but it's i believe too much for lieberman also to date just the arabs part of the coalition you see even the israeli zionist left parties like the labor and merits were not able to form. in his israeli zionist prouty. there is no such an alliance and i don't see it in the cards of any party jewish party so what happened is that they should send a bunch of flowers to hell. i'm an order and his c

religiouous and ultra-orthodox paparties, and they are pledgedo stay loyal to him and they would form a bloc and only enter negotiations together. this is a bit of a problem for blue and white, who have said today that they would look for a broad liberagogovernment.. there are all kinds of probleles and complicatioions still. itit is still a bit uncnclear hw this will move forward. brent: definitely not a simple solution, that i is for sure. tania kramer, reporting from jerusalem, thank you. dozens of civilians have been killed in two separate incidents in afghanistan. a u.s. drone strike targeted a hideout used by the islamic state in the eastern province, but it hit workers in a field instead. and the taliban have claimed responsibility for a truck bombing hospital in the southern city. reporter: even by afghanistan's standards, these are bloody times. this hospital in the south of the country bore the brunt of the taliban truck bomb on the third consecutive day of viololence and bloodshed in the country. at least 20 were killed, almost 100 wounded many of them patients. the surge in viole

out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his likud party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership look there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a government will be formed that is leaning on the and he zionist arab parties the block in question would give him 55 seats in the israeli parliament or knesset still 6 short of the 61 needed to form a majority coalition it's a rebuke to netanyahu as former ally avigdor lieberman has insisted that his party israel data new likud and the opposition blue and white combined to form a secular unity government you're sure conclusion is clear all that we have said during the election campaign is coming true there is only one option a national unity government a liberal broad government we will not join any other option.

voters and actually overtaking bernie sanders voters under the age of 25 in iowa, which was his key bloc>> i think the bernie sanders coalition seems s s to be shrin. a number of those people are probably going to elizabeth warren. the realty is in 2016 is its really was a binary choice in iowa. it was bernie sanders versus hillary clinton. the narrative out of there was bernie sanders almost took down the clintons. he doesn't have that now. he has a large field. he has a lane with a new candidate who looks very appealing, elizabeth warren. and the reality is that he's making pretty much a similar argument that he made in 2016. he certainly is the crusader on medicare for all, but having to convince iowans, it's a tough message to sell. >> if this surge continues with elizabeth warren, what about this notion that she may be too far to the left for moderate democrats, that her agenda is too progressive for a general election? >> in our poll we asked, do you like medicare for all and want it implemented, do you like medicare for all or think it might cost you the election. i'm very interes

to avoid costly and time consuming checks at the irish border once northern ireland who leaves the bloc along with the rest of the u.k. on october 31st. a court in moscow has ordered the release of an actor who was convicted for injuring a police officer at an opposition protest post in all of it was is one of several people who were jailed for a series of political protest his arrests are outcry in the public in russia hundreds of people wrote open letters calling for his release. at least 11 people have died in severe flooding in cambodia more than tens of thousands of families were forced to evacuate to the high waters days of heavy rain caused the me kong river to overflow submerging homes and crops officials say 11 provinces remain at risk of flooding as heavy rainfall is forecast until next week. etc festival various biggest party starts on saturday and the opening happens to coincide with fire munich hosting cologne in the bundesliga by and hope the party atmosphere will help them pick up the points cologne meanwhile are planning to head for a few beers after the game and some fa