that is probably also adding to the disquiet among likud ranks. marine preservation. the first ever large scale coral reef restoration project was set up there — and now they are transplanting what they call " super coral‘. with over half of the world's reefs already lost because of rising sea temperatures, there's hope this tiny chain of islands could hold the key to saving these animals from extinction. catherine byaruhanga has more. they're called the reef rescuers. they work in the indian ocean trying to find ways of saving the world's dying coral. today, they're checking on their nursery. it's a manmade coralfarm and one of the biggest in the world. so this is a large—scale coral reef restoration project. the nursery that we use is a rope nursery. so our coral fragments are actually placed inside a rope and then they are hung mid—water. over half the world's reefs have already been lost because of climate change. coral gets its colour and its energy from the algae which live inside it. as the water gets warmer, though, the algae becomes toxic

according to the likud party, he brought in 72.5% of the vote. his rival bringing in 57.5% of the vote. that's the margin that netanyahu wanted, to show he's not only in charge of the likud party, he's also the undisputed leader of israel's right wing. he said, huge victory, i thank the likud members for the trust, the support and the love. with god's help and your help, i will lead the likud in a great election and lead israel to unprecedented achievements. a short time later, the challenger accepted defeat, saying he will back netanyahu and will support him heading into march. keep in mind the challenges that netanyahu faces. he is an embattled prime minister. he faces bribery and fraud in corruption investigations. he has failed to form a government in two elections in april and september. and early polling suggests that may happen again in march. but the likud party is a party known for its institutional loyalty to its leaders. that was very much on display, with likud members voting to keep netanyahu as their leader in march. alison and abby

thank you to the friends and likud members for their trust, support and love. with god and with your help, i will lead the likud to a big victory in the upcoming elections" one hour later, official results came in, giving mr netanyahu 72.5%. his rival, gideon saar, who claimed the party needs a new direction, took 27.5%. here's our correspondent, barbara plett usher. over the past year, there have been two elections and in both of them mr netanyahu was unable to form a coalition government, he was not able to get enough olitical allies to support him to actually create a government that he could lead. hanging over all of that was the pending possibility of criminal charges on corruption cases and that, it was widely believed, was why he wanted these elections. it wasn't able to do that and that hung over his ability to form a coalition government exact made potential allies wary and in november he was actually charged in three cases of corruption. that indictment now is something that has weakened his hand going into the third election. he is very popular still

it's said to be the biggest challenge mr netanyahu has faced to his 20—year rule of likud.e border town of ashkelon. the prime minister and his wife were escorted from the stage, after sirens went off. 0ur middle east correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. she explained a little earlier why support for benjamin netanyahu could be showing signs of weakening. there has been a united front in the likud party, after two elections when he was unable to form a government, and charges of corruption. he is very popular still, there is a lot of loyalty, but this is showing a crack, a challenge not expected to unseat him necessarily, but one that shows disquiet amongst members of the likud party, not senior members publicly but gideon saar has a growing amount of support amongst the grassroots, local party leaders. the concern is mr netanyahu may have lost his magic touch. he couldn't form a government and in a third election he will not be able to form a government and the likud party could go into opposition, this is gideon saar‘s campaign. this is one to watch, if benja

it's said to be the biggest challenge mr netanyahu has faced to his 20 year rule of likud.t fired from the gaza strip, interrupted a party rally in the border town of ashkelon. the prime minister and his wife were escorted from the stage, after sirens went off. 0ur middle east correspondent, barbara plett usher, is injerusalem. she explained a little earlier, why support for benjamin netanyahu could be showing signs of weakening. there has been a united front in likud behind him, despite a lot of problems in the past year including two elections after which he was unable to form a government, and then charges of corruption against him. so he is very popular still, there is a lot of loyalty to him, but this is beginning to show a crack, and that is a challenge not expected to unseat him necessarily, that would be a big upset, but one that shows disquiet amongst some members of the likud party, not the senior members publicly, but gideon saar does have growing amount of support amongst the grassroots, local party leaders and so on. the concern is that mr netanyahu may have lo

he is facing long—term rival gideon sa'ar in the likud party elections.ter avalanches hit ski resorts in the alps. swiss police say several people were freed from the snow at a piste in andermatt. a powerful typhoon has caused major destruction in the philippines, killing at least 16 people. it's left tens of thousands stranded with many spending the night inside improvised shelters. wikipedia has welcomed a ruling from turkey's constitutional court declaring its ban unconstitutional. the court said the ban contravened the right to freedom of expression and ordered it be lifted.

our top stories: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu retains the leadership of his likud party and will lead it into march's general election. blocked roads and widespread flooding hamper rescue efforts in the philippines where a typhoon has killed at least 16 people. 15 years after the indian ocean tsunami, how ready are communities if disaster strikes again? and is this a way to save the world's coral from climate change? scientists are trying to grow new reefs in the seychelles. hello to you. for a leaderfacing criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust it was a big test of his hold on power. but the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has retained control of the governing likud party, in an internal election, and will now lead israel into its third national election within a year. it is due in march. mr netanyahu has tweeted that he's achieved a huge win, and his rival, gideon sa'ar, has admitted defeat. rich preston reports. this was the first serious challenge to benjamin netanyahu's leadership are ten years. but he seemed to still have the support of

thank you to likud members...rael's longest serving premise that had been shaken up two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, cues of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing accepting gifts in exchange for politicalfavours and doing deals accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing deals to get good press coverage. charges he denies, calling the whole thing a witch—hunt. his challenger was four cabinet minister gideon saar. you wa nted cabinet minister gideon saar. you wanted to take the party on a different path but now he says he will but prime minister in the general election. ——he will back the prime minister. rich preston, bbc news. guy ziv is an expert on israeli politics and professor at the american university in washington. he gave us his reaction to the leadership challenge results. it was widely assumed he was going to prevail in today's primary challenge but not by this margin. i mean, he won with nearly 73% of the vote. this was a knockou

that would indicate he is in charge of his likud party and would be the likud candidate in march. if he wins by narrow margin, it could indicate that the control of his own party, his influence, is slipping and moving in a different direction. if ton likely happens, and netanyahu loses the election, it could be the end of netanyahu as prime minister after elections in march. >> a pivotal time. thank you, we'll be watching. >>> i think we can relate to this. it's happened to all of us at some point. you open a gift that doesn't quite fit or it's just not what you wanted. 55% of shoppers will return or exchange unwanted gifts after receiving them. here's what you need to know to make returns easier. don't remove the packaging, especially with electronics. also, keep your gift receipts. some stores won't let you return a gift without one. others may give you a store credit. check return policies in-store and online. many retailers extend their deadlines until late january, during the holidays. that works in your favor. make sure you have i.d. some stores use computerized return syste

he is facing a challenge in his own likud party.s promising supporters he will convince president trump to recognize his really sovereignty over the jordan valley and all settlements on the west bank. netanyahu was rushed off of the stage at a campaign event, after a rocket was fired into southern israel. it's almost identical to what happened just before the elections in september. oren leibermann is live in jerusalem. good morning, oren. do you think there's a possibility that netanyahu could lose this challenge? >> reporter: there is a possibility. but it certainly appears to be a very, very slim one. having to be rushed off of the stage at a campaign event did not look good. especially since it's the second time. and that may be the smallest of the issues he faces. he faces criminal indictment on charges in three corruption investigations. meanwhile, he's failed to form a government in twice, after elections in april and september. and he's considered by analysts to be the front-runner and perhaps by a wide chargen. he's up agai

translation: the likud party needs a change.had two rounds of elections without clear results, so maybe the change should come from within the party. mr netanyahu may sleep easy tonight after being of his opponent, but it won't be an easy road ahead. after september's general election, where no party won a majority, guess what? there will be a third vote in three months‘ time. will mr neta nyahu, buoyed by his victory in his leadership challenge finally win the majority he needs? or will it be three strikes and you're out, and another failed attempt by israel's longest—serving prime minister to lead the country with the largest military in the middle east? rich preston, bbc news. guy ziv is an expert on israeli politics and professor at the american university in washington. he gave us his reaction to the leadership challenge results. it was widely assumed he was going to prevail in today's primary challenge but not by this margin. i mean, he won with nearly 73% of the vote. this was a knockout, and it definitely attests to neta

sart to be by his side tomorrow he wants to unite the likud party as he quote has the far right wing camp and that he hopes in doing so that in march when there will be national elections he can lead the likud party to a quote decisive victory even before maryam i should point out election day the sarcasm was expressing concerns about election meddling. those allegations continued today with supporters saying that at many polling sites there there were ballot cards or there weren't any ballot cards with sars name on it and if there were some of them were defaced they also claim that netanyahu supporters were intimidating. netanyahu might have been reelected as the leader of the live could and he might be the candidate for prime minister but he still has to face protracted legal battles doesn't he what can we expect in the coming weeks well from difficult times for netanyahu there won't be much time for celebration remember israel is in the midst of an unprecedented political crisis all of it intertwined with netanyahu is legal woes in new november he became the 1st sitting prime mini

likud party hololds a vote. benjamin netanyahu faces a challenge from gideonon saar. inin burkina fasaso, a wave of attacks has killed 35 citizens. you are watching france 24. thank you for being with us. regarding says he will present a bill in parliament to send troops into libya. he became the first foreign head of president to meet with the new president. the leaders discussed the libyan conflict. has support -- erdogan already signed a new maritime deal with them. here is the turkish president speaking earlier. erdogan: we will present the motion to send troops to libya as soon as parliament resumes. we have given and will give a al forms of support to the tripoli government, which is fighting against a general backed by arab countries and europeans. this, we crosson now to our correspondent, jasper mortimer, in ankara. ambitions ingan''s libya? erdogan does desire to be the regional power broker. thatat is for susure. by the s signs of it, thehe turh ararmy is half a millionon men d womemen, and the sophisticationf turkeyyisish air force -- is the military heavy

israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu faces a political fight, as his likud party decides who willem into the country's third general election in a year. the owners of a spanish hotel where a british man and his two children drowned say their deaths were a "tragic accident." england make a positive start in the first test against south africa — with james anderson taking a wicket with the first ball. doris day, clive james, toni morrison and albert finney — just a few of those whose lives are celebrated in review 2019: we remember. in half an hour's time. good morning and welcome to bbc news. at least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines — which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour, tearing roofs off houses, and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. to typhoon haiyan in 2013 — the most powerful to hit the area in decades. catherine karelli reports. a far from peaceful christmas in the central philippines. typhoon phanfone has brought sustained winds of almost 200 kilometre

israel's prime minister retains the leadership of his likud party, he will lead it into the general electionue in march. blocked roads and widespread flooding hamper rescue efforts in the philippines, where a typhoon has killed at least 16 people. is this a way to save the world's coral from climate change? scientists are trying to grow new reefs in the seychelles. hello and welcome to bbc news. a plane crash in central asian country of static site. —— the country of static site. —— the country of static site. —— the country of kazakhstan. it's understood the aircraft was a fokker 100, carrying 95 passengers and 5 crew. it went down shortly after taking off from almaty en route to nur—sultan. in the last few minutes, the government updated the official death count to m. these pictures we received in the last hour show the scene of the crash. the kazakh aviation authority said the plane lost altitude during take—off and broke through a concrete fence. there was a collision with a two—storey building. there was no fire and much of the fuselage of the plane is still intact. rescue operations an

for partisans of israel's right wing likud party benjamin netanyahu remains the on questionable leader. netanyahu took more than 72% of votes thursday against almost 28% for challenger gideon's are. a welcome boost for him ahead of high stakes general elections in march. this was a great victory because we have overcocome those who spread fake opinion polls and fake news. ththis is a great victory becaue almost all of the media with united against with the leftist parties even in this confrontation. populist rhetoric which has once again paid off for israel's longest serving prime minister his challenger quickly conceded congratulating netanyahu and promising to campaign for him in the general elections. benny gantz leader of the rival blbl and white coalition was less conciliaiatory. que fishes in te law to pay i is that the defendant netanyahu who is leading the state of israel down a path of corruption. will continue to lead likud what should i p party which one spoke of the supremacy of f laurel has elected a leader facing three indictments. who is seeking to unrivaled the rule of

the right—wing could ultimately lose power and likud could go into opposition.nyahu thing to watch is how much better in neta nyahu wins by. thing to watch is how much better in netanyahu wins by. if you went substantially, he wants to quell any dissent. if he doesn't, that will begin his grip on the party. —— week his grip. this week marks the century of women being accepted into the legal profession. during that tim,e the number of women practicing law has increased. however, figures show that they still hold less than 25% of the topjobs. sian lloyd has been finding out about some of the changes that have taken place. and i'm introduced to somebody very charming, very pleasant, and they'll say, "what do you do?" and i'll say, "well, i'm a judge," and quick as a flash, they'll say, "do you work in family?" it tells you a lot, doesn't it, about subconscious assumptions that are still being made that we need to battle against. this piece of art is an emblem of how the change has happened and how the future has got to be different because law has to reflect the wo

with god's help and with your help, i will lead the likud to a great victory.n the coming election and will continue leading israel, the state -- israel, excuse me, to unprecedented achievements. mr. netanyahu's path to victory in the likud party and possibly in the march election has followed an increasingly oren l jerusalem. >> reporter: this is becoming a familiar image among friends. a black and white picture of benjamin netanyahu pointing at the camera. the caption says, not only are they after me, they're after us. it's copied from president donald trump, who used a similar image with a similar message, days earlier. t the bromance has been a focus of netanyahu's messages. on christmas eve -- >> merry christmas to all our christian friends. >> reporter: netanyahu, promising another gift from the trump administration. >> translator: we're going to bring recognition of israeli sovereignty in all of the settlements. those in the blocks and those that are not. >> reporter: netanyahu and trump shares more than style. as trump faces impeachment, netanyahu faces

sa'ar is counting on, he is calling on likud to vote for him so that there is a government in which likudes part in. however, loyalists believe in their leader, and believe that no matter what, he will come through. it is really quite interesting, and it could be a very sad ending, and a very interesting ending. vonnie: market reaction wise, we are not seeing huge reaction. obviously the shekel is tied to the u.s. dollar anyway. gwen: the shekel is always very strong. the israeli economy is usually quite resilient to political chaos, to security problems. has almost been expected. we might see some market reaction should we have a change , such as gideon sa'ar taking over the likud, but that would be on sunday because markets are closed on saturday. vonnie: thank you to bloomberg's middle east senior writer quinn ackerman coming to us from jerusalem. still ahead, our federal reserve rate cuts stoking trouble? our exclusive conversation, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is "bloomberg markets." boston fed president eric rosengren is concerned t

it's said to be the biggest challenge mr netanyahu has faced to his 20—year rule of likud.za strip, interrupted a party rally in the border town of ashkelon. the prime minister and his wife were escorted from the stage after sirens went off. 0ur middle east correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. she explained a little earlier, why benjamin neta nyahu is being challenged now. prime minister netanyahu has been in powerfor ten years and has been a very popular prime minister. he has been credited with economic success in israel and also security success and he has a right—wing government and the majority do self—identify as right wing, so, why is he being challenged now? he has been weakened over the past year with corruption charges hanging over him. he was indicted on three counts of corruption just last month and there have been two election so far, and he has been unable to form a coalition government. he is clearly weakened, and the challenge is coming from a former cabinet minister called gideon saar and he is saying, he is not saying mr netanyahu should resig

he will now lead likud into the country's general election, due in march.a rescue and recovery operation is under way in the philippines after a devastating typhoon which hit the country on christmas day. the authorities said phanfone killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre of the country. many people are missing. firefighting teams in australia are preparing for renewed activity with the expected return of intense heat in parts of the country. there are currently 72 bushfires in the state of new south wales, about half of them burning out of control.

minister benjamin neta nyahu has defeated his rival gideon sa'ar for the leadership of the governing likud party. he will now lead likud into israel's third general election within a year, despite facing criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. a rescue and recovery operation is under way in the philippines, hit by typhoon phanphone on christmas day. authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre of the country. many more people are missing. firefighters in australia are bracing for a new test with a new intense heatwave expected in parts of the country. close on 3,000 firefighters have been out nearly every day since september. there are still 72 bushfires in new south wales, about half of them burning out of control. now, what is it like being 17 countries around the world? —— being 17 in countries around the world? being 17 has never been easy. no longerfeeling like a child, but technically not yet an adult. in most countries, you can't drive, drink alcohol or vote. but whether it's just hanging out with friends... .

netanyahu won a landslide victory in yesterday's likud primary election. it could give the embattled leader a chance to form a government after the next general election in march. neither likud nor the opposition blue and white party were able to form a coalition government after two elections this year. netanyahu also faces of corruption. >>> breaking overnight, a young girl died after a medical emergency on a delta airlines flight from l.a.x. >> reporter: they returned that aircraft as quickly as they could to the gate. >> the flight to seattle returned to los angeles yesterday when the pilot was alerted to the girl's condition. authorities say the girl, believed to be 10 years old, went into cardiac arrest. paramedics met the plane at the gate and tried to save her, but it was too late. officials say there was no immediate indication of anything suspicious about the death. passengers were rebooked on other flights to seattle. >>> overnight in kazakhstan, a plane with 98 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff. the beck airplane hit a concrete fenc

well israel's leader benjamin netanyahu has thanked his likud party members and promised to lead them to an election victory after fending off a leadership challenge rival gideon so had to convince members that it was time for change but they stuck with netanyahu despite his indictment of corruption the talks are going to possible from west jerusalem. for the 1st time in 5 years likud members had the chance to elect someone other than benjamin netanyahu as their leader on thursday they chose him again solidifying his nickname as the magician because of his ability to pull off victory after victory to know who campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and education minister gideon sar i know who. he brought about great things to the country and in order for us to continue bringing about great things to the country we need to go boat for me for you. even though netanyahu is the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted on corruption charges his popularity has remained steady among his right wing base a feeling. sars pics of sitting on the bench and not trying to do anyth

has used this platform of the primaries of the likud primaries actually even. when decide to touch challenge him i think that he would have convinced him to do this because this gave him an opportunity to prove that people still like him regardless of the indictment. and i think that this is just a 1st step or every hope so for what you're going to see india elections campaign in the coming in the coming 2 months i want to ask you about the election you know winning the backing of a party is one thing winning election is something else what kind of contest can we expect in that upcoming election in march of next year. the prongs of kerry are showing that there is not going to be a tremendous change in the results we're looking at the 2 blocks actually date for b.b. and n t b b blocks we don't hear much about ideology and it's their rule of law all the popularity of king baby and that he is not replaceable. and i believe that at the end of the day it will be either the supreme court all the president of israel because according to the law the president has the p

israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has deleted his rival, for the leadership of the governing likud party. he will now lead the party into the third general election in a year. it is due in march. the contest has been a hold of his system power. he faces criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. a rescue and recovery operation is under way in the philippines. authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swath of destruction through the centre of the country. many more are missing. firefighting teams in australia are bracing for renewed activity, with expected return of intense heat in parts of the country. there are currently 72 bushfires just in the state of new south wales. about half of them are burning out of control. spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children who drowned in a simple in the costa sol on christmas eve. gabriel diya who was 52 and from london died with his 16 year—old—son, praise—emmanuel and his 9—year—old daughter comfort. an investigation into what happened is underway. helena wilkinson reports. this is

he will now lead likud into israel's third general election within a year, despite facing criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. a rescue and recovery operation is underway in the philippines, hit by typhoon phanfone on christmas day. authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre of the country. many more people are missing. now, pallab ghosh looks back on how the frontiers of science and space were pushed in 2019, a year shaped by the impact of deforestation and climate change in review 2019: the year in science. this is the year we saw the first ever picture of a black hole and we celebrated one of humanity's greatest achievements. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. there was a new treatment for parkinson's disease. it enabled this woman to walk again. there were also fires raging in australia. you'll need rescueing, won't you? we saw the hottest summers on record across the globe. and climate change activist greta thunberg had this message for world leaders. how dare you! you have stolen my d

now we go to gwen ackerman from jerusalem where there is a big fight over the leadership of the likud party. is a dramatic fight. it is the first time in 10 years or 20 years that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has had a real rival for his leadership. and it comesc after the prime minister failed to form a coalition government after two elections. we are going into our third in march, and after the attorney general recommended he be indicted on corruption charges. versus aetanyahu former minister and a younger likud senior member who was mentored by netanyahu in his early days. david: is it likely benjamin netanyahu will use -- will lose leadership course at significant anyone was even able to challenge him for it. will changes are slim he lose the leadership, but it is significant there is a real rival. should the rival make a nice standing, some analysts have said it would signify the beginning of the end of benjamin likud ands rule over his leadership of the country. david: that is gwen ackerman joining us from jerusalem. we will have the vote later on today. we turned to alex h

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 these germany's biggest airline loof tons and is bracing for strikes by its cabin crew the union representing flight attendants has warned members to prepare for walkouts before the end of the year strike dates will be announced in a few hours the strike to be the latest in a long running labor dispute over pay and benefits a $2.00 day strike in november stranded thousands of travelers. at 1st it was all about a 2 percent wage increase for cabin crew that the cabin crew union u.f.o. demanded from lufthansa in addition to more benefits and allowances for flight at

prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a leadership contest for his ruling likud party with just about half the parties members of voting netanyahu took 72 percent of the vote fending off a challenge by the former interior minister give you an saw or 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 2. 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 any netanyahu support within his right wing likud party. he was. people who much more. is under story. comes to. people who. love and respect. he is very very professional. he doesn't have to talk about. he just have to use his charm and convince people he clears about them and. peace. you know worst case they plea irrelevant political analysts akiva eldar joining us from tel aviv the union that represents flight attendants for germany's biggest airline has called on members to walk off th

he will now lead likud into the country's general election, due in march. mr netanyahu's victory came despite being charged with fraud, bribery and breach of trust. a rescue and recovery operation is under way in the philippines after a devastating typhoon which hit the country on christmas day. the authorities said phanfone killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre of the country. many people are missing. firefighting teams in australia are preparing for renewed activity with the expected return of intense heat in parts of the country. there are currently 72 bushfires in the state of new south wales, about half of them burning out of control. now on bbc news it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the human preoccupation with sex is nothing new, but the internet has made it so much easier to explore and exploit every shade of desire. the online porn industry makes billions of dollars in profit every year, but the big winners are corporate players, not the women and men performing the se

he will now lead likud into israel's third general election within a year, despite facing criminal chargesf fraud, bribery and breach of trust. a rescue and recovery operation is underway in the philippines, hit by typhoon phanfone on christmas day. authorities say the storm killed at least 16 people and cut a swathe of destruction through the centre of the country. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the human preoccupation with sex is nothing new, but the internet has made it so much easier to explore and exploit every shade of desire. the online porn industry makes billions of dollars in profit every year, but the big winners are corporate players, not the women and men performing the sex acts. my guest today is mia khalifa. she was briefly a porn actress, garnering worldwide notoriety when she appeared in a sex video wearing the islamic hijab. after years of threats and insecurity, she's speaking out. what does her story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture? mia khalifa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for havi

cementing his control of the governing likud party, despite the most serious internal challenge in aming for a resounding triumph, he has proven once again that he has strong and emotional support in the party, giving him fresh energy to tackle the next general election — the third in less than a year. translation: the majority of the people support the right and support me as prime minister. the final and decisive vote of the primaries was a huge show of confidence in my way, and in ourway. the future is in our hand if we just go out and vote in the upcoming elections. yesterday, it was proven that we can win big time, and we will win. his opponent, gideon saar, has said that he will back the prime minister in the election campaign. but mr netanyahu's legal challenges will continue. he's been indicted on corruption charges, which he strongly denies, but the court still have to decide wether a candidate facing criminal prosecution could be asked to form a new government. and there is no guarantee that mr netanyahu's clear party victory will resolve the country's political stand—off.

a number of corruption charges have occurred it's been that you know support within his right wing likud party 1st of all because he was very attractive to the people who are much more then he goes he's under sorry when he comes to selling people. and respect. he is very very professional. he doesn't have to talk about this he just have to use his charm and convince people that he can is about them and indictments and peace. in the best carries. you know was. completely irrelevant and that was political analysts to keep the elder who joined us earlier from tel aviv want to turn our attention now to california where nasa is showcasing a spacecraft that scheduled for a launch to mars next summer while the u.s. space agency wants to send the unmanned rover to the surface of the red planet partially to look for signs of past life on nasa says the rover has already passed its 1st driving test if all goes well that craft could land on mars by early 2021 all this one of 4 launches to the planets slated for next year we're so happy they have keith cowing from washington d.c. joining us he's an a

economic conditions in the country are good security is relatively stable and he is the man to lead likud among saar supporters one of them said that it's time for new leadership another saying that there is quote a feeling of decay in democracy within the party and in israel in general even before election day so the sar camp was raising concerns about election meddling those allegations continue today with sars supporters reporting that at the polls there were cards that were defaced with his name on it or they couldn't find cards at all with czars name on it all this aside netanyahu is expected to prevail and lead likud to national elections in march that would be merriam the 3rd elections national elections that israelis have voted in in less than a year right and of course this election comes as netanyahu faces corruption charges we know about that even if he does retain control of the likud party one of the other problems he's facing him. his legal woes loom very large in november he became the 1st sitting prime minister in israeli history to be indicted he is being charged with bri

for the 1st time in 5 years likud members had the chance to elect someone other than benjamin netanyahu as their leader a thursday they chose him again solidifying his nickname as the magician because of his ability to pull off victory after victory to know who campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and education minister gideon sar i know who you are going to be brought about great things to the country and in order for us to continue bringing about great things to the country we need to go boat for me for you. even though netanyahu is the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted on corruption charges his popularity has remained steady among his right wing base a feeling. sars pics of sitting on the bench and not trying to do anything active in in the public fields is wrong i prefer people who take action. source pitch to voters is that netanyahu failed to form a government twice why would he be able to reach a different outcome a 3rd time he warned maintaining the status quo could mean likud loses power in national elections in march. sars supporters cited concerns

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 minister in israeli history. or if it's time for new leadership former interior and education minister gideon sar is vying to replace him i think that it's a very good thing that the likud had the primaries i think that. had the courage to confront and i think it's a good indicator that the days are. his last days in power but netanyahu has popularity has remained consistent among his base the economy has been good and the security situation is stable during that in yahoo's more than 13 years in power he's transformed israeli politics and shifted the country to the right some say he's divided the population and it is a battle against corruption charges he's attempted to deal a generalized law enforcement the judiciary and the media at work all over the world this populism. using. claiming that the courts. are there elites are after me a member. of the people and also you have to remember that at least from the point of view of the r

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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 minister in israeli history. or if it's time for new leadership former interior and education minister gideon sar is vying to replace him i think that it's a very good thing that the likud had the primaries i think that. had the courage to confront. and i think it's a good indicator that the days are. his last days in power but netanyahu has popularity has remained consistent among his base the economy has been good and the security situation is stable during netanyahu is more than 13 years in power he's transformed israeli politics and shifted the country to the right some say he's divided the population and it is a battle against corruption chart. just he's attempted to deal with genom eyes law enforcement the judiciary and the media at work all over the world this populism. using the claiming that the courts and the media and the other elites are after me and i remember the of the people and also you have to remember that at least from the

r willthe reasons sa'a probably not win is that the likud is very loyal to its leaders.y have never voted a leader out, and right now they see net not who is a leader besieged -- they netanyahu -- see netanyahu as a leader besieged, under attack. uncertain things, palestine, for example, they hold the same position. reporter: some people say that sa'ar is more hawkish then netanyahu. of course, it is very hard to know what netanyahu really thinks, what his policy really is, because it changes according to what he needs to do to stay in power. can you still hear me? i just lost my -- vonnie: yes. i think we will leave it there because we got a lot of great information, although now it seems like the line might be to hear rating, so thank you. we have a few more hours in voting. 11:00 p.m. is the official time the polls close, and it is 5:20 right now in israel, so another almost five hours of voting. our thanks to gwen ackerman in jerusalem. we will be back with her after those polls close. still ahead, an exclusive conversation with the ceo of linkedin on the company's p