wing when i test this in surveys however right now the current party system with the new challenger that you mentioned who broke away from likud is shifting the party system to the right to the point where the main offerings are almost entirely right wing parties there's really only one zionist left who are jewish left wing party on the offering and the palestinian citizens of israel have a party got the joint list which includes jews as well but they're very small and there's a long menu of right wing parties which makes the current calling look like the right is overwhelming in israeli society of course both of those feed off of one another and we'll have to see if any significant challengers remain on the center or on the left i mean the center tends to think in israel a little more like the left on many issues but the center party that was holding down that position in the israeli political map blue and white has been so roundly criticized for its decisions that right now it's collapsing in the surveys and we don't know if anything will take its place if there are only right wing parties our offer then there will be an ove

is and you know who's ruling likud party has seen some decline in the surveys relative to their strength from the march election they're still the number one party and it's there's there's just not enough clarity about the other parties to say if they will if they will really suffer from those protests. now the number of journalists murdered wild wild has more than doubles this year a report by the committee to protect journalists says at least 30 were killed in 2020 mexico is the deadliest country in the wild for the media journalists there are routinely threatened and targeted by criminal groups or corrupt politicians afghanistan syria and the philippines are next on the list most of the killers there have gone unpunished and politics was the most dangerous subject to cover now while murders rose overall this year the number of journalists killed in crossfire fell to its lowest level since 2020 rads is the advocacy director at the committee to protect journalists in washington d.c. she says mexico's government needs to do more to protect proportions. mexico is a democracy and

really only strong in the polls netanyahu is biggest contender is good who broke away from the likud party earlier this month and started his own party new hope he's currently that party is in 2nd place all of these parties though the likud media now and in new hope are really part of the israeli right so what we're going to see in these elections coming up is really a battle within the israeli right all right i mean also thank you for that update from western lucilla. well the e.u. says it's willing to continue bret's that trade negotiations with the u.k. office or the end of the transition period on december 31st the blocks bricks at negotiator has briefed member states on the latest progress as the u.k. and e.u. continue efforts to hammer out a deal the main obstacle to an agreement is e.u. fishing in british waters there is a set big says behind the issue of fishing rights are a number of concerns time is running the fishing industry seems to be a major sticking point that's because currently e.u. member states have access to british waters now fabrics in the u.k. wants to change that

with his coalition partner believe dances blue white party it also fueled divisions within his own likud party and a faction recently broke away but if it's an inconvenient time for the governing coalition to collapse netanyahu isn't showing it and yet again selections that wrong decision by the u.n. by party what if an election is forced upon us i promise you that event analysts say the time the hour will be over confident as the political landscape has changed in the past 3 years certainly very weak much weaker than he has been politically for a long time not only because he faces this looming corruption trial but also because israel is really widely believed has mishandled the pandemic. economically as a result of that and of course donald trump will no longer be in the white house by that tight so. so some of the factors that have allowed him to prevail in the past are although polls suggest likud is the largest party netanyahu is facing some new contenders and he would still need alliances to reach 61 seat majority to form a government but he is also a political survivor and he still has

ya'll manage to cling on to power as prime minister but only thanks to a kolisch in between his likud party and benny gantz as blue and white alliance the election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now the coalition is falling apart and israel goes back to the polls in march it will be the country's 4th knesset elections in under 2 years an election is not the right thing for the country but it's much better than a paralyzed government and having politics dictate the management of one of the most severe health and economic crises wherever known. it's in your home like the rest of us will no doubt be glad to be done with 2020 but come early next year could well be looking back to the start to the years when mr here comes your golden hearts president was still in the white house. thousands of drivers remain stuck on motorways and parks in southern england although france has reported the border with u.k. horn is need to test negative for corona virus to leave the country the border was closed 48 hours over a new strain of covert found in britain at least 21 p

ya'll managed to cling on to power as prime minister but only thanks to a kolisch in between his likud party and benny gantz as blue and white alliance the election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now that coal is seen as fall apart and israel goes back to the polls in march it will be the country's 4th knesset elections in under 2 years and election is not the right thing for the country but it's much better than a paralyzed government and having politics dictate the management of one of the most severe health and economic crises wherever no. it's and yahoo like the rest of us will no doubt be glad to be done with 2020 but come early next year could well be looking back now at the years when mr here comes your golan heights president was still in the white house and unique phone call with you to no sons in the u.s. state department told of all the official story surrounding that we can expound on find out more and what's in the hawks up next that can often with the latest join us again the. christmas eve special well we'll wait santa loves it away for bec

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ya'll managed to cling on to power as prime minister but only thanks to a kolisch in between his likud party and benny gantz as blue and white alliance the election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now the cole as soon as fall apart and israel goes back to the polls in march it will be the country's 4th knesset elections in under 2 years and election is not the right thing for the country but it's much better than a paralyzed government and having politics dictate the management of one of the most severe health and economic crises wherever no. that's any our hope like the rest of us will no doubt be glad to be done with 2020 but cuomo early next year could well be looking back to the start to clean out the years where mr here comes your golden heart president was still in the white house one of the biggest issues that he's fighting against now is the fact that he sidelined his major rivals. who were from his political camp and are now tired of him manipulating the political system to serve his own needs it's in a both his party and the israeli electorate th

ya'll managed to cling on to power as prime minister but only thanks to a kolisch in between his likud party and benny gantz as blue and white alliance the election rivals try to get along to get the country through the pandemic but now the cole is seen as fall apart and israel goes back to the polls in march it will be the country's 4th knesset elections in under 2 years and election is not the right thing for the country but it's much better than a paralyzed government and having politics dictate the management of one of the most severe health and economic crises wherever no. it's a yahoo like the rest of us will no doubt be glad to be done with 2020 but come early next year could well be looking back in the style to at the years when mr here comes your golden hearts president was still in the white house not as a rock for no more great programs good going in moments then we'll be in this for a seat at the top of the hour keeping you in the know it's just left for me to say happy christmas i hope it's a peaceful and the choice will buy from. max keiser this is the kaiser report christmas e

that have been ongoing but folks holes that were released just last night still show his party the likud party as 1st place he also made some remarks last night and boasted about some of his achievements including brain because with vaccines israel which rolled out just this week and signing normalization tie agreements with 4 arab countries over the past 4 months opening the opportunity for economic investment he is in a much better position than guns who's really plummeted in the polls and he's basically being seen as the last man standing in his party. now the e.u. says it's willing to continue breaks at trade negotiations off to the end of the transition period on december 31st the blocks break that negotiator has briefed member states on the latest progress as the u.k. and e.u. continue efforts to hammer out a deal the main obstacle to an agreement is e.u. fishing courses and british water has. given it the final push. today you feel relieved if you're going to market. i would go to you 2 world cup transform c. remember states like north and really part of it thank you very much for. well

this club is very much linked to right wing jewish nationalist politics in this country to the likud party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu who himself on tuesday endorsed this deal saying that it showed how quickly arab israeli normalization was progressing but above all it's a really big deal in terms of the really toxic culture of racism that is so long attached itself to this club there was an attempt to change that in the early 2000 with the signing of an african muslim player he was hounded out by the hardcore right wing supporters there was another 10 to 2013 to chechen muslim players who signed those a mass walkout from the stadium when one of them scored his 1st goal and just last week there was another protest at the training ground with nearly 100 supporters invading the pitch disrupting training and chanting anti arab anti muslim slogans in protest at this very deal there also be protests from the other side of the argument palestinian israelis who are opposed to normalization also saying that this deal is another sign of just how wrong that process is but as for the relati

netanyahu is upcoming corruption trial is at the center of the discord with guns as well as within his likud party facing off with a faction of breaking away recently. unfortunately who are unable to find enough common ground to prevent another round of elections and enable the 23rd can assert and its members to exercise the mandate given to us who are all going to face a difficult election campaign and i call on each and every one of us and each and every israeli citizen to refrain from exacerbating tensions. and to be out against elections that wrong decision of the glen by party but if an election is forced upon us i promise you that we have event. or dubbed waxman is the director of the u.c.l.a. unison sort of knows a b. and center for israel studies and he says this election will look very different from the 3 polls already held during the past 2 years. the timing doesn't suit her he wanted to go to elections but he wanted to go to elections sometime next. coronavirus come under controlling as well and hopefully the israeli economy has recovered somewhat so the timing of this election most li

netanyahu his upcoming corruption trial is at the center of the discord with guns as well as within his likud party with a faction breaking away recently. unfortunately we were unable to find enough common ground to prevent another round of elections and enable the 23rd can assert and its members to exercise the mandate given to us who are all going to face a difficult election campaign and i call on each and every one of us and each and every israeli citizen to refrain from exacerbating. tensions. on a whole negative yet again selections not on the system of the u.n. by party but if an election is forced upon us i promise you that the event of our announcer is in west jerusalem she says this latest development comes down to the power sharing agreement between netanyahu and benny gantz under that agreement on yahoo and guns were supposed to rotate in the seat of prime minister but the one thing that needed to happen was that for this budget to back to pass the guns would have taken over the seat of prime minister in november of 2021 but the only way for netanyahu to have held onto his seat as prime

atting arr -- gideon sarr, former cabinet minister in the likud party. starting his own party called new hope. this throws a wrench in the political situation. benjamin netanyahu and his coalition partner, they've very much been feuding over the budget. they have a december 20 through deadline to pass a budget for the 2020 years. 2021 budget as well. new party comes in is a question mark. at the same time, a new date for new parliamentary elections. couple more readings and a couple more votes. but that would be set for march 16. yousef: thank you for that. let's get you a few more highlights as we prepare for the remainder of the day, including the ecb in focus. we have a chart. to underscore the amount of accommodation that is currently in play. it is going to come down as well to any mention of a stronger euro. that could lead to a pullback and what traders have been describing. they are, they might deliver another blast of monetary stimulus. carryally help arry th -- the euro area out of the crisis. look for a new stimulus announcement. and might be

this club is very much linked to right wing jewish nationalist politics in this country to the likud party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu who himself on tuesday endorsed this deal saying that it showed how quickly arab israeli normalization was progressing but above all it's a really big deal in terms of the really toxic culture of racism that has so long attached itself to this club there was an attempt to change that in the early 2000 with the signing of an african muslim player he was hounded out by the hardcore right wing supporters there was another 10 to 2013 to chechen muslim players resigned and there's a mass walkout from the stadium when one of them scored his 1st goal and just last week there was another protest at the training ground with nearly 100 supporters invading the pitch disrupting training and chanting anti arab anti muslim slogans in protest at this very deal there also be protests from the other side of the argument palestinian israelis who are opposed to normalization also saying that this deal is another sign of just how wrong that process is but as for the r

this is a club very much associated with israeli and jewish nationalism and indeed with the ruling likud party of israel benjamin netanyahu is associated with this club he gave a comment earlier on on tuesday saying that this showed the pace of normalization with gulf states but above all this is a huge deal in terms of the the really toxic culture of racism that has attached itself to this club for so many years there have been attempts to change that before if you go back to 2005 there was the signing of an african muslim player he was pretty much hounded out by the far right la familia supporters from within the club in short order again in 20132 chechen muslim players were assigned again there was a very vigorously anti muslim campaign waged against them a huge group of supporters hundreds of them when one of them scored his 1st goal for the club they simply walked out of this stadium behind me in protest and again just in the last few days as this deal is being firmed up there there was nearly 100 strong group of jerusalem hardcore supporters who stormed the training pitch and started cha

that have been ongoing but folks holes that were released just last night still show his party the likud party as 1st place he also made some remarks last night and boasted about some of his achievements including bringing the cold vaccine to israel which rolled out just this week and signing normalization tie agreements with poor arab countries over the past 4 months opening the opportunity for economic investment he is in a much better position than guns who's really plummeted in the polls and he's basically being seen as the last man standing in his party. corona virus has now spread to every continent 36 cases have been discovered at a chilean research station on the antarctic peninsula health officials say the people infected have now been isolated and are being closely monitored series about reports from. it's one of the most remote regions in the world antarctica and has been covert free until now. the 1st cases of covert 1000 were reported earlier this week at a chilean military research base. those tests show that 36 men tested positive for 1926 were army personnel and 10 work civilia

have come as a result of that but recent polls that were released just last night show that his party the likud is still in 1st place and he made some comments last night and boasted about some of his achievements over the past few months including bringing bringing the vaccine to israel which rolled out earlier this week and also signing normalization ties which for arab countries which could bring some economic ties and economic deals into the country. does have some political contenders though there is no benefit of the immuno party his party is currently 3rd in place but he's really only strong in the polls his biggest contender is who just this month broke away from the coup would and formed a new government cold new hope and his party is currently 2nd in all of these parties though it and yahoo's likud bennett cmu now and. new hope are really in be israeli right so we're going into this new election really to see a battle within the israeli right very interesting to keep an eye on that i mean there with the latest for us from west or east and thanks ira. now united nations investigators h

who has who split from likud makhanya who's party earlier this month and form a new party new hope but then young who at the end of the day is a political survivor and he still has quite a few months to gain even more support for him thank you very much indeed there was an artist on that breaking news from israel with us could be another election will have been is the chief political correspondent of the drislane post he says the election will be a referendum on netanyahu. public that wants to get rid of nets and you know that wants to get rid of benny gantz and wants a government that can function and has no hope that the current government could function is absolutely overjoyed that israel is going to elections the rest of the population is just upset at going to elections for the 4th time in 2 years of course there are cabinet ministers who would love the election to be about the economy or about the health crisis but no it's going to be out about an it's and you know how and whether people want him to remain in power and that's what our last 3 elections have been about and we're we

backing for likud has dipped in recent polls, and so has support for the centre—left blue and white partyht. former likud mp, gideon sa'ar, has formed his own right wing party and stands to be loads from mr netanyahu's political base. arun a younger, bbc news. people are being told not to sing this christmas in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus. singing a sign of the times. the words are more than a thousand years old, but with the 2020 twist — a face mask. but what does that have to do with this? # la. religion and science, two parts of professor lawrence lovett‘s life. he says that most of the evidence on face covering looks at coughing and sneezing. he wants to know what difference they make to singing. i think that singing in communal worship is incredibly important, it's an absolutely central part of worship. and if it's safe to do, then i will be the first person to do it. if it's not safe to do, i'm for certain not going to do it. this is where the choir stands in this synagogue. they are still allowed, but must be socially distanced. so they've limited the amount of music

could face a strong challenge from gideon starr who left likud to set up his own new hope party. there's been mixed reactions from some israeli people on the snap election. i think the early election is very bad for israel and in general it's a very frustrating situation that we got ourselves into. a political stand still for the past few years is very very bad in general and our leadership is doing what it's supposed to do which is take care of israeli citizens. the situation is very very very sad well naturally a 4th election in less than 2 years is what the economy needs right now isn't what the country needs and what the people need in the middle of the pandemic it's not over yet we have started with the vaccines before the election. isn't good for anybody i think i'm happy. because i was afraid we will never have an election again. we. will take over still we have 3 months. with. the prime minister we don't do any tricks. let's bring in our guests in. a political analyst and contributor to harvest newspaper you see a senior fellow at chatham house he joins us from london in

former likud mp, gideon sa'ar, has formed his own right—wing party.el away votes from mr netanyahu's political base. aruna iyengar, bbc news. israeli envoys have arrived in morocco to meet the king and have signed agreements marking the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. the warming ties between the arab countries and israel is seen as a parting foreign policy pushed by trump. the president's son—in—law jarrod kushner accompanied the israeli delegation. they took the first commercial flight from tel aviv to rabat. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come. taking in isolation to the next level, sailing alone through the stormy southern ocean. music and chanting saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict — conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian

former likud mp, gideon sa'ar, has formed his own right—wing party.tical base. aruna iyengar, bbc news. by by many standards the southeast asian nation of singapore has had an amazingly successful war against coronavirus. in april it was reporting elisa thousand cases each day another daily rate is virtually zero, and over the entire course of the pandemic they were just 29 deaths. so what lessons can singapore offer the rest of the world ? a sea of masks for more than seven months now. singapore seems to have conquered the coronavirus, and yet, the restrictions aren't going away anytime soon. in ready position. behind this mask is british ex—pat fiona 0ag. during singapore's circuit breaker, she was unable to run her tennis coaching business. yes! like most of the country, fiona is now back on herfeet, but restrictions continue to change the way she works. we started, obviously, with the full lockdown, then, as everybody was complying to all of that, then they allowed the measures to be relaxed. there are restrictions, but those restrictions become,

former likud mp gideon saar has formed his own right—wing party, and it stands to peel away votes frommpanied the israeli delegation. they took the first direct flight by a commercial plane from tel aviv to rabat. the headlines on bbc news... lorry drivers held up at the uk border in dover are told they can travel again, if they test negative for coronavirus. that's after france lifted a ban imposed over covid fears. more parts of england could be moved up to the country's toughest level of coronavirus restrictions — tier 4 — in as little as three days' time president trump refuses to sign a 900 billion dollar coronavirus relief package agreed by the us congress, describing it as a disgrace. we've all had to make sacrifices this year to keep our loved ones safe, including staff at a care home in somerset who locked themselves inside for more than three months to protect their residents. now the families of those who live there want to thank them in time for christmas. fiona lamdin reports. # through the years we all will be together.# happy christmas! and a huge, huge hug. hello, mum.