in the knesset for his entire coalition or putative coalition beating him for short of being able to form a majority so we would find ourselves in a similar situation as last time we have to put a huge health warning on all of these initial exit polls that they have been very wrong in the past they have been pretty close in the past 2 but in the last election at this time in april benny gantz was pretty convinced he had won he came out before netanyahu declared victory netanyahu waited and waited and waited until the numbers started to move his way and then he came out about 2 o'clock in the morning 4 hours from now to declare victory so these are initial exit polls they have been wrong in the past they have and we're going to keep an eye on them on a contingent issue those health warnings are hairy i mean what happens now of course on the back of these exit polls as they come out is that the that the bargaining the negotiation against doesn't it. that's right and there are all sorts of potential scenarios that people are talking about the the sort of most extreme of those would be t

to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalists greens did too poorly state premier michele clutch man has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election. the f.t. also won more votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for was in sight but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule this day and that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well and the other there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably in both german states. for more on this let's

on favorite to lead a new government and general snap election but which party he choose as his coalition partner is anybody's guess. underway in afghanistan's presidential election the vote took place in the shadow of taliban attackers several people were killed and dozens injured in a blast near polling station. thanks for joining us what's being called anti totalitarianism demonstrations are taking place in hong kong just 2 days before china's leadership celebrates 70 years of communist rule clashes have broken out between the demonstrators and hong kong police officers used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds. the last 4 months have seen violent confrontations in the semi autonomous territory between activists and police on most weekends. let's go now to hong kong where our correspondent charlie charles until is standing by charlotte i have to say that we've been watching the live feed here and we've been seeing periods of relative calm followed by intense clashes between the police and protesters can you tell us what's going on where you are. quite right that i've seen s

so would he want not just them out of any coalition but also netanyahu out of a coalition he hasn't specifically said that he wouldn't serve with netanyahu in the future but that is very much the expectation of most of the analysts to be sounding out his and analyzing his position during this campaign as well as that of course benny gantz has made his home political effort since he came into politics earlier this year to be the sound alternative the return to a more traditional style of israeli leadership away from what many characterize is the increasingly far right extremist positions that netanyahu is either taken or has allowed to be voiced from within his political camp so. would either of those men serve with netanyahu if they wouldn't woodley could finally decide that his time was up a lot of people feel would it be too early for that as you heard from a joke for an edge a sign. that that is too early for them to to make that kind of determination the other thing to think about is that if dance is given the 1st opportunity by the president rivlin to try to make a coalition an

end course is the on favorite to lead a new government could he choose once more to form a ruling coalition it was the far right we'll go live to vienna also coming up clashes erupt at pro-democracy protests in hong kong police fired tear gas at demonstrators and a global anti totalitarianism rally it comes as mainland china prepares to celebrate 70 years of communist rule talk to our correspondent in hong kong. and this could be the rock of the takes people to mars space x. reveals its new starship and a whole range of ambitious goals for the spacecraft. i mary in evanston thanks for joining us we begin in austria where polls have just closed in the country's general election today snap vote came after a corruption scandal in may lead to the collapse of the right wing coalition government all eyes are on the front runner former chancers of us imports and his conservative austrian people's party chords his party is expected to win but will probably need a coalition partner to secure a stable majority and who he will pick is currently. anybody's guess it's for more let's bring in our corresp

how are the other parties how did they fare and what does it mean for his coalition building. looked to be winners and to big loses this election but begin to talk about his party the party of service and the other big winner i think leads that also thinking about 10 percent that he's had that could sit at the medical use the possibility for political this it would save us i could see they could have a lot of ground to cover too allied to physicians especially on migration to music while he's talked about it like for you the party that lost almost 10 percent there are a lot of scandals to talk about that later and that was the social democrats that have reduced this all history of the last one sells them both but i think you have to have a coalition with the bus pulls. hip dissolve should still be telling the design which the action he was will have to tell in the next day. but back to tell us if you would about the freedom party they lost a lot of support what happened. they had this huge scandal this is called big dates where there was corruption. all the deal like this acro

on favorite to to lead a new government ends in a snap general election which party chooses its coalition partners is anybody's guess. and this could be the rocket that takes people to mars space x. reveals a new starship and a full range of them to business goals for the spacecraft. and mary in evanston thanks for joining us pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong have intensified on what is now the 17th weekend of protests sunday's demonstrations were part of global anti totalitarianism rallies planned in 60 cities worldwide protest in hong kong quickly turned violent as protesters threw firebombs and bricks of government buildings police responded with tear gas rubber bullets and water cannon that fired blue dye used to identify offenders more easily despite a police ban a major mart. it's also planned for tuesday when china celebrates the 70th anniversary of the communist party taking power. all right let's go live now to hong kong where our correspondent charlotte pill is standing by and so charlotte resound more intense clashes today we mentioned this comes on what's being called

how are the other parties how did they fare and what does it mean for his coalition building. to be winners and to big loses this election but begin to talk about his party the quality of service as the other big winner agrees that also only about 10 percent that is you and that could sit at the at least the possibility for a political decision would save us a cool spot people have a lot of ground to cover to align the positions especially on migration to using parties talked about the far right freedom party lost almost 10 percent there are a lot of scandals to talk about that later it was the social democrats that had their worst result history of the souls of them both radically i think we have a coalition with the bus pulls up his options open all the time so to say which action he wants to go with you have to tell him that it sticks. but the facts tell us if you would about the freedom party they lost a lot of support what happened. they had this huge scandal this is called pizza dates where there was corruption. all the deal but this across the full of that there was som

there was an attempt to forge a coalition with. and it failed so does lots and there are who have any other allies that he can turn to. when i mention to you that there's not a lot of happiness in any of the political camps tonight here in israel but there is one camp where there's a lot of cheering and people are excited and that's in the camp precisely that you mentioned of the country's former defense minister avigdor lieberman he was the king pen back in april it was because he was unable or he refused to form a coalition government with netanyahu that netanyahu was able to actually form the next government in april he won 5 seats the initial exit polls put him at double that amount meaning that he's even more powerful this time around. and again he's saying that he won't form a coalition government with netanyahu the sticking point there really is the question over whether or not orthodox jews should serve in the army so he's not going to join with netanyahu the question is whether he'll join in with guns netanyahu survival bu

and yet courts has not ruled out forming a new coalition with them why is that. the answer is quite simple if you look at all the different parties that he could strike a coalition with the freedom party is on many topics the closest one was about for example on the very controversial topic of migration they already had a program they were set to govern until 2022 but of course then you had that huge scandal surrounding the so-called video and that's the only thing that brought that coalition down so he could argue that the main person the main culprit is no longer part of that coalition but still you would expect a huge outcry in austria among certain people if he does that again of that's also a reason why he's keeping his options open for example to have a coalition with the social democrats or even some think with the greens all right well this does suggest that perhaps the corruption scandal took place before the summer holidays maybe he did just not have any impact on austrian voters it didn't have the impact that many expected it looks like the far right f

definitely not a peoples party freedom party coalition we've seen that wasn't such a good idea to say. this if it if i hope it would be a setback for the freedom party and they want to get into government why. that's just. almost nothing cystic and i can't stand that. i want to see less cheating going behind people's backs not so much brutality i just want it to get better. and. so a lot of people here are looking for peace and calm and politics and the freedom party but that's in the city that's in vienna if you go outside in the countryside many people are still sticking with the far right freedom party that's. been following the elections and thank you match. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least 36 people have been killed in a roadway collision near you shane in china's jiang su province local officials say a bus veered into the opposite lane on an expressway and collided with a truck a flat tire is thought to have caused the accident. clashes with right wing protesters have marred a gay pride march in the eastern polish city of lublin but 1500 peo

looking coalition. plans to continue moving forward but at least for now it does seem that they're a little safer than they were fearing that said the social democrats here in saxony have suffered huge losses they're looking at a result of perhaps around 7.9 percent which of course is definitely not going to be particularly helpful when it comes to coalition building here in saxony and that's when the real drama might indeed kick off here in the in the eastern state of saxony when it looks most likely that it will be the conservative c.d.u. is the strongest part party looking around for some coalition partners they have already like the other parties here ruled out a coalition with the far right so we could even see a 3 party coalition here in saxony but we'll have to wait for the coming weeks to see exactly how those talks develop. the current conservative state premier here in saxony he talked earlier about parties talking together and working together rather than about each other so he will certainly

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than ever just months after a scandal brought down his government now the hard work of building a coalition government starts look at the latest from vienna. also coming up freed from captivity after hundreds of boys are rescued from an islamic school in nigeria some are speaking out about the horrific abuse they suffered. the same story and in sports standard programming resumes in formula one as lewis hamilton takes a giant leap toward a 6th world title at the russian grass green. thanks for joining us austria's conservatives have won a resoundingly victory in the country's snap parliamentary election early results indicate former chancellor sebastian kurtz and his austrian people's party have taken some 37 percent of the vote it's a clear show of strength for kurtz just months after being ousted as chancellor amid a scandal involving then far his then far right coalition partners. the recent scandals the triggered the government's collapse apparently didn't hurt sebastian courts and the ballot box. thank the former chancellor is poised to return to power the results show his people's par

unfortunately the results are not a mandate to resume a governing coalition now the once and largelyfuture chancellor will have to be creative the slightly weakened social democrats with nearly 22 percent of the vote or a potential coalition partner so are the greens they almost quadrupled their support to 14 percent enough to re enter parliament. the a.v. hadn't damn near we will soon be holding talks with other parties above all the people's party that's correct i think striving for that but it will be a discussion about possibilities and whether it makes sense to hold talks at all and for handling on something it could still be days before all postal ballots are counted then the focus will shift to the difficult task of coalition building and deciding the balance of power in austria. so what's ahead for austria did have years max hofmann following this vote for us in vienna good morning max there are a number of coalition options today for some boss the courts the once and future chancellor what are his most likely choices do we know. we just heard those 3 options in the report br

may give benny gantz the 1st opportunity the 1st chance to form a coalition government something. so if that's the case how or what sort of form formulation is my we be looking at all kind of scenarios for coalitions. well for benny gantz to manage to be the 1st to form this unity coalition government has gone and says he wants to form a unity government he'll need the support of the arab lists now they became this is where most palestinian israelis cast their vote they became the 3rd largest bloc on the leader of the arab list iman oday he said that the phone the for the 1st time an arab leaders said this he's expecting he wants to be the leader of the opposition and that means he for see a unity coalition government and iman oday needs to give the president needs to be one of the political leaders who sets of the president's yes we think benny gantz will be the next prime minister can become the next prime minister of israel this thing goes away and tries to form a unity government but to do that he needs likud supports likud is led by netanyahu that will be unacceptable to blue

still a coalition between greens and conservatives seems like a long shot.jambos it will we have our red lines when it comes to human rights and the environment and if the conservatives end up saying we can live with all of that then great we'd be happy with this sudden floods and that their lives how realistic is that this is well that's exactly the point we can't really imagine it right now and. that's why this time around the real suspense will come after austria's elections but if i send cool it's will have to form a viable coalition mag said does this mean that the fall riots are out of all stream politics for the same foreseeable future. there would certainly be a huge outcry among i could say a majority here in austria if of us encodes really decides to go back with the freedom party they would certainly have the majority to do that but there's just so much trouble with the freedom party because the scandal that we just saw earlier and that's infamous video is not the only scandal that they're trying to get out of this would probably not be what i men

and yahoo gave a nod to the coalition forged by paris with conservatives in the eighty's. when there was no clear victory in the knesset parliamentary elections. shimon opted for national unity. agreed to cooperate in order to navigate israel through a safe shore. in this election there was no clear winner and i call on you as a president that has worked together again to bring the state of israel to safe she was. at a later press conference dan said he does want a unity government but we lead by him. you can't approach forming a unity government with all these different parties and political spin do you have to come at it with honesty dignity and sincerity of israel centrists are in total opposition to the government led by netanyahu and have accused him of trying to track the country into a 3rd election in the move to create a broad coalition. so it will be for israel's president reuven rivlin to find a way through the political past correspondent in jerusalem talk me through his efforts to bring the 2 sides together he called again today to all the party does but partic

and only when the coalition and only when the coalition has been built, that is when we know who wasaway from it now, i am with some guests to help make sense of this, we also have a former member and i want to talk about the corruption charges that netanyahu is been very motivated largely because he is facing possible corruption charges and he would like to be the head of the government when that comes up. head of the government when that comes up. how do you think this is going to play in the coalition talks? the reasons why we had these elections is because netanyahu wants to use being prime minister in order to use being prime minister in order to make sure that he does not face any legal proceedings and basically and that purpose, assuming the polls are correct, he has been defeated resoundingly. they are not that conclusive? he cannot form the government that he wanted, which is a government that will grant him immunity from legal proceedings as long as he is in power. he might yet be in government, but not the government for which she went to these elections. he did not go to

stalemate and now political leaders are battling for the top job benjamin netanyahu calling for a coalition government with himself as prime minister centrist binny gonzo also wants that coalition but with himself at the helm we'll bring you the latest from jerusalem also coming up darkening your face. regardless of the context of the circumstances is always an acceptable because of the racist history of black face canadian prime minister justin trudeau who says he never should have done it will the scandal over blackface pictures threaten his reelection chances and the arctic in danger and international missions set still to monitor the impact of global warming on the farms in north scientists will spend a year drifting through the polar ice. time bring off it's good to have you with us in israel the voters have spoken and that is now part of the problem tuesday's election produced no clear winner israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main political rival but the guns are now both vying to be the country's next leader centrist blue and white alliance says it will never sit in

odds on favorite to lead a new government in a snap general election which party he choose as his coalition partner he is anybody's guess. and in german football star striker shoot their team to the top of the blue to sneak up with a hard fought when. a michael thanks for joining us. for what's being called entitle telly what's being called totalitarianism demonstrations are taking place in hong kong where protesters are marking the anniversary of the so called umbrella movement solidarity protests are also being held in cities around the world the last 3 months have seen violent clashes between activists and hong kong's police on most weekends today the authorities once again used water cannon to disperse protesters . lurie to hong kong the anthem of the pro-democracy movement thousands gathered in the park in front of the main government offices to mark the anniversary the umbrella movement 1st could not the city in 2014 this year the protests have taken on even more force as the authorities tried to push through a law since scrapped allowing defendants to be extradited to mainland china.

the coalition and that's what precipitated this whole thing really in the 1st place and they have said that they are looking for a unity government now this is not unprecedented in israel's history would mean that all the top 3 parties would govern together however at the top 2 parties are really need to lieberman to do that because they would get to see more than 60 seats themselves they both have right now more than 30 seats in the room those numbers will probably change there's just preliminary the 2nd big interesting plot twist of the night is the joint arab list which are usually down at the bottom of the polls they join together into a coalition these 4 parties and they have risen now up further in the list in sort of a surprise interesting twist as i said they have never been in an israeli government for obvious reasons they represent the israeli arabs but israeli arabs are getting rather frustrated with their parties not really being able to accomplish anything so it's it'll be interesting to see who they decide to throw their weight behind either behind the right wing likud pa

cts is former coalition partners the far right freedom party received around 16 percent a sharp drop from the previous election and the conservatives will probably need a coalition partner to secure a stable majority today's snap vote came after a corruption scandal in may involving course as far right coalition partners led to the collapse of the government. and our correspondent max hoffman is and to the headquarters of the people's party in vienna hello to you max so we've been hearing a lot of jubilation there where you are so it seems a bust of course has indeed done very well and that's despite the scandal involving his previous coalition partners did voters just not care about this scandal. first of all yes you're right the people of the austria because party switch to the party bowed right away because this is. they have a set of records of the highest result of a head but it's the largest gap that they ever had to the 2nd place party you have to think about it that they will come out with 37 percent 50 percent it's or it's a very good expose well you could see from the socia

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i'm phil gal welcome to the program and i struck by the start of that coalition the fighting in yemen has hit a detention center killing at least 100 prisoners and this is according to officials from the who think rebel group locals say the building was being used to detain people opposed to the who says touring the site they had of the international red cross in yemen suggested the death toll would rise from crowd construction said they sent the health around $170.00 people and only 40 that survived the saudi like coalition said it had attacked a military target. yemen's devastating was been raging since 2050 not many journalists have managed to get into the country he doubly correspondent fighting for shah has just got back welcome fani what did you see. a very fluid and difficult situation fluid in term so when you go through aden and the area around this interim capital you go through checkpoints and you sometimes really wonder who is in charge is it what is left of the government left from the government is it the separatists the s.t.c. or dreaming of a one state basically of the

courts in the entente favorite to lead a new government could he choose once more to form a ruling coalition with the far right will go live to b.n. also coming up clashes erupted pro-democracy protests and hong kong police fired tear gas at demonstrators at a global anti totalitarianism rally it comes as mainland china prepares to celebrate 70 years of communist rule our correspondent is in the middle of those protests. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we began in austria where voters are going to the polls to elect a new government sunday's snap election comes after a corruption scandal in may prompt of the collapse of the right wing coalition government all eyes are on the frontrunner former chancers abbas and courts and his conservative austrian people's party chords his party is expected to win but will probably need a coalition partner to secure a stable majority and who he'll pick is currently. anybody's guess. all right for more let's bring in our correspondent max hoffman who's standing by at the headquarters of some boston courts as peoples party in vienna hell

and what the coalition talks will bring. them we'll see whether the greens really want to implement a green policy or whether they're just meddling communists. i don't think lecture us plants the environment is a currency and in my opinion and i'm not the only person to think that politics has nothing much to say now adays only the economy matters being groomed sebastian kurtz wants to put the challenges facing the economy front and center in coalition talks the negotiations are expected to last several weeks. if not months. in sport the world athletics championships in khatab has been dominated by empty seats in the stands and athletes complaints about the heat organizers say they've done all they can to mitigate the effects of the high temperatures and to get in more spectators but it doesn't bode well for the football world cup in qatar in 2022. i. the women's 100 meters is always a crowd magnet you think the world athletics championships in doha would be no different to me because shelly and fraser price is the fastest w

which party he choose as his coalition partner anybody's guess. counting is underway in afghanistan's presidential election the vote took place in the shadow of taliban attacks several people were killed and dozens injured in the blast near polling station. thanks for joining us. what's being called a t. totalitarianism demonstrations are taking place in hong kong just 2 days before china's leadership celebrates 70 years of communist rule clashes have broken out between them demonstrators in hong kong police officers used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds the last 4 months have seen violent confrontations in the semi autonomous territory between activists and police on most weekends us. earlier i spoke to shoulder charleston pill in hong kong i asked her if police were already engaging in a show of force just a short time ago the add on this street here behind me was thick with tear gas smoke riot police fired several rounds of tear gas at the protests you would gather today and of course the john is here as well reporting on that t

this coalition is basically an odd couple 2 parties for the fickle enemies you have the big. movement to change percent of the 5 star movement which is a populist left leaning m.p.'s division m.p.'s agreement party and yes the social democrats have been known political faulty and italy but the fans don't have much in common despite that they want to retain the right wing right government italy they want to fend off. to prevent slip elections but if it comes to policies actually there's only a 10 percent chance that they will achieve anything and many experts here say this government this coalition will not survive longer than a couple of months maybe a year. thank you mention matteo salvini who was sparked this latest political crisis by pulling his support from the government he is no longer in the government so who is and what kind of policy changes do you think that we could see now in italy. so this is a really interior minister be replaced by a technocrat a civil servant to channel a modern. rhetoric already has toned down. the road closed for refugees and bargains it is

but if you put together a possible coalition. many dance gets a few more seats as an advance but all of that is yet not set in stone we do know that he has on board the leftist parties we do think and there are indications that the list might very well recommend to the president to actually task benny gantz with the 1st chance of trying to form a government they would not join the coalition but they would at least recommend benny gantz for their role so that adds another at least 13 seats should that count but as you said at the end of the day did joker here will remain will be lieberman and what will he do where will he put his weight he has been talking ever since last night or rather this morning here by israel time about a national unity broad based liberal government which would include likud blue and white party and his own. party that would exclude the religious far right or nationalist parties that have been the traditional allies political allies of benjamin netanyahu so far. as prime minister netanyahu himself come out

israel's 2nd election this year has again failed to produce a clear winner weeks of coalition talks and likely before a new government can be formed and with more than 90 percent of the votes counted the center right blue and white party led by benny gantz has 32 seats while prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in a could party is just behind with 31 how to force that reports from western. 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 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

coles and his austrian people's party emerged stronger than ever but now starts the hard work of coalition building we'll go live to vienna also coming up. freed from captivity. after hundreds of boys are rescued from a sick and islamic school in nigeria some are speaking out about the horrific abuse they suffered. on next peiser good to have you with us we begin in austria where project projections show that the party of conservative leader is about in quotes has clearly won today's snap parliamentary election the people's party received about 37 percent of the folks far ahead of the social democrats who garnered 22 percent kurtz's former coalition partners at the far right freedom party received around 16 percent a sharp drop from the previous election the conservatives will probably need a coalition partner says is clear a stable majority today's snap vote came out after a corruption scandal and may involving curses far right coalition partners and led to the collapse of the government. our correspondent max hoffman is at the headquarters of the people party in vienna sebastian course h

well 1st of all for benny gantz to be asked to be given the 1st chance to form a coalition government he 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 netany

she would like to see a less self-centered prime minister and a more centrist less religious coalition government and then of. the bend i am voting for benny gantz and his entire team and the party itself because they are politically in the center with all they all have clean hands. they care about the general public not a cause. some make a couple. pollsters predict a tight race netanyahu is fighting for every vote and he's not going away from making election promises his pledge to apply serenity over the jordan valley in the occupied west bank if reelected has triggered heavy criticism of brought taunted as elections been in israel it remains to be seen whether it's race more voters of the smaller right wing parties to the likud most people are very cynical about these promises including the right wing who are in favor of i mix asian they're saying you've been crimea's of a 13 year. old now and you're telling us a week before the elections suddenly there is a historical opportunity to do this at the cafe all eyes are on election day everybody here knows that there's real power strugg

to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalist greens to 2 poorly state premier michele catch my has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election here in saxony anger merkel's conservative c.d.u. party has managed to hold on to its 30 year title as the state's strongest party but not without making losses namely to the alternative for germany party or a.f.p. the far right party is now the 2nd strongest party here in saxony and the result reflects the ever present divide between western and eastern germany with many voters here still feeling neglected and left behind since reunification in 1990 now it's up to angela merkel's government back in berlin to figure out exactly how they can win back those disenchanted voters. he also won with votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest person there thinks i'm sure the picture and they hope for. my side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very cl

at home and that he's already on the phone trying to hash out a coalition government the problem is not the numbers that he nor his main rival benny gantz the former i.d.f. chief who heads the blue and white center left party it's not so much the number of seats they received but who is able to form a majority coalition government the way it works in israel is that you need a minimum of 61 out of 120 parliamentary seats to form a majority and then you are tossed with being the next government and there are now who is unlikely to be able to do this the exit polls put him far below reaching that 61 and so what we are hearing from particularly his critics in the blue and white party saying that the netanyahu is over that he forced these elections because he dissolved the parliament 6 months ago when we had the previous elections and again he's been unable to come forward as the foreigner and so essentially he's shown and this is what people are saying the israeli public that the magic if you want to call it that that he head in terms of being israel's longest serving prime minister has dis

these this election tomorrow is a repeat because mr netanyahu was unable to form a coalition government after the election back in april is there any reason to think that that problem has been solved will he have a better chance of building a coalition after the election tomorrow. that's a really good question actually i think even israeli analysts watching the news here don't really have an answer to that because according to polls and polls are usually quite accurate in israel. there is the outcomes pretty much the same as last time but there is a good chance of netanyahu forming a right wing coalition the right wing block is has been edging closer in the last polls to getting a majority so it's so it is a likely outcome that he will become the next prime minister and form a coalition and other than that there's there's an option of a unity government that would mean blue and whites together with the likud with initially i was ruling party and a 3rd party which is the kingmaker and this election called a new that would be a unity government but netanyahu was actually refused to sit in

strong opposition and a very fragile governing coalition. and it may not be that will it may be that we won't manage the full term i understand as a result of this but we're certainly looking forward to an excellent parliamentary work give the floor room to alexander counted on it actually i give the floor so let me give you floor to stake out i haven't said a word yet. well i can follow want to ear set quite seamlessly hair everything you said is obstinately true 2 aspects i'd like to draw your attention through in france abroad. we're the only serious popular opposition parties there are. popular party majorities in. other cards delish constellations but if you look at the brandenburg city you and the results of the saxony c.d.u. you have to say that needs france or big city followed america's course and was more or less marginalized with 15.5 percent. and grants abroad so they are no longer a popular opposition party then and. saxena c.d.u. has sent out a signal i would say in the right direction there was mr massa mr potts. and therefore

coalition there they were behind the strikes. and the us president donald trump says he's ordered new sanctions on iran in the wake of those attacks on this accusing the americans of waging an economic war on ordinary iranians. 27 people mostly children have been killed in a far as an islamic school in liberia tore through a dormitory where the. police believe it was. president has appointed his new national security advisor his 4th one so far it is an unprecedented number for a 1st term administration robert o'brian had been a relatively low key figure in politics he's known for his advocacy of tough u.s. foreign policy and also has a few surprises of donald trump sheraton see as more. the president introduced his new national security adviser robert o'brien well i'm a visit to california a lot of people that i respect rated m. is their absolute number one choice so you know i think we have a very good chemistry together and i think we're going to have a great relationship a lawyer from california o'brien has acted as a national