netanyahu wants to win and win big.the previous leadership races, he's walked away with 75% or 80% of the vote. that's the number he's looking for again. it shows he's in control of the likud party and is still the leader of the right wing. if this is a close race, like 40-60, or 55-45, it may signal that netanyahu's base is moving in a different direction. that would signal weakness ahead of the march election. of course, if he loses, if he pulls this off and becomes leadership of the likud, it could signal the end of netanyahu's leadership of the country. >> yeah. this is going to be a vote and outcome we're watching alongside you. orre en leibermann, thanks so m. >>> if you ate too much on christmas, here's advice to get back on track for the new year. abstaining from food for 16 to 18 hours could be key to living longer. a review of past studies in "the new england journal of medicine" suggests that intermittent fasting, when you limit your eating to six to eight hours a day, can reduce blood pressure and encourage

he aamaca to netanyahu's political powers.a a mac a valiant politician, he has a a mac a valiant politician, he has a strong survival instinct and is a great campaigner. he crisscrossed the country in the last several weeks despite his front runner‘s status, and he went for the jugular. he's not afraid to play dirty. what does that tell you about what might be coming next? i think it tells you that he is strong within his own party. he has a lock on his party, the base is still with him despite being indicted forfraud the base is still with him despite being indicted for fraud and the base is still with him despite being indicted forfraud and breach of trust, bribery in three separate cases, with bribery being especially egregious. neta nyahu cases, with bribery being especially egregious. netanyahu is by no means assured of victory in the forthcoming third round, i think there is a certain fatigue and we may see soft rate voters jumping ship, the momentum at the moment seems to be with the centrist blue and white alliance of

in a serious way inili benjamin netanyahu in a serious way in“; years, benjamin netanyahu in a serious, but not serious enough to pose a threat that could make benjamin netanyahu to pose a threat that could make benjamin neta nyahu actually to pose a threat that could make benjamin netanyahu actually use. we are only hearing about a0 per 6% turnout and that's due to the advantage of an underdog and he's an underdog, the rain you might be hearing in the background of your that sounds like london is also so that sounds like london is also so that it does not work in his favour. if benjamin netanyahu does when how critical is the sides of that victory, if it is not resounding will that we can him was yellow yes, if he does not get 70% of the vote. it would show that he is vulnerable evenin it would show that he is vulnerable even in his own party and have been saying that benjamin that yahoo has blocked from forming a government after trying and failing twice and that's a message that his opponents in the election are going to be highlighting between now and march two. that is possible be

we are watching netanyahu in the middle of a corruption scandal. how vulnerable is netanyahu?reporter: well, alison, he is expected to win this race. the question is, by how much? he does face challenges here. the image of him being rushed off stage as a rocket was fired towards a city he was in, not a good look one day before this vote. that may be the smallest problem he faces. he faces charges on bribery and breach of trust. and he's failed to form a government twice, with polls indicating he could fail to form a government again. despite that, political analysts say he is the heavy favorite in this race, against his rival. right-wing politician, a former minister of education, who said he would success where netanyahu has failed. he will bring in more right-wing votes, break the political deadlock and put the likud on its head. it's not just the matter of winning. in previous races, netanyahu has won and won big, 75% or 80% of the vote. that's the number he wants again. why? it shows he's in control of the likud party and is still the leader of the right wing. if this is a

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

netanyahu sounds supremely confident. we get more from orrin lieberman in jerusalem. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu was looking for a big win in this leadership contest to see who heads the likud party, the party he's led for a decade. and with the final results counted, that's what netanyahu got. 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 investigat

netanyahu and his rival made appeals to members for support.ccording to party figures, nearly 50% of over 1er thousand me voted on whether the veteran prime minister should lead them into the next election. barbara reports from jerusalem. >> the man who would be king. he has mounted the most serious challenge to netanyahu's leadership in a dece. >> i feel a great awakening on the ground. people understan a change has to come today. with the help of god, together we will make the change. >> he wants party members to vote for change because he says the prime minister failed to form a government after two elections. there is a growing sense of disquiet. >> this is an important day because there hasn'teen any voting for this party for the past five and there is a feeling of decay in the democracy from within the party. generally, in israel. >>et nyahu is not expected to lose. he has a dicated base and solid support within the party come although he has been indicted on corruption charges. there is party tradition of fierce loyalty to the leader. ot

generally, in israel. >> netanyahu is not expected to lose.e has a dedicated base and solid support within the party come although h has been indicted on corruptier charges. this a party tradition of fierce loyalty to the leader. otherwise, it may look like his grip on power is weakening. thhe campaigned hard irun-up nuto the ballot and conti to press for votes during the day. >> we brought great things to the country and to continue bringing this country great things, we have to vote for me, for you. togideon is an inspiration some, nothing like the admiration showere on netanyahu but it has opened a crack in e >> the jerusalem post past chief politicalde corresp said netanyahu is unlikely to be in real political danger, but anything short of a big win will weaken his political standing. if he doesn't that 70%te of the he would show he is vulnerable even in his own party. gideon has said netanyahu is blocked from foreign -- forming a government andin his opponents he election are going to be highlighting that between now and march. >> is that

it is not the kind of images benjamin netanyahu would wa nt to of images benjamin netanyahu would wantrship contest. he did try to make the best of it, he came back and said the islamist movements in gaza don't want me to be prime minister. so he tried to make the best of it. but it is the kind of thing that causes his critics to say, he is not the mr security he claims to be, he needs to be tougher with the islamist groups in gaza. quickly, looking ahead to march and this indictment on corruption charges, are they seriously looking as if they are going to damage his chances, where are we on that? as if they are going to damage his chances, where are we on that7m as if they are going to damage his chances, where are we on that? it is difficult actually to say because coalition politics mean you don't have a major party winning enough seats to form a majority government. it is all about if he gets political allies. broadly speaking, his main rival, the blue and white party, has an edge on him. he is lagging in the polls, but it is too close to call at the moment. the big question is whe

t the bromance has been a focus of netanyahu's messages.n 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 criminal document, bribery and breach of trust in three investigations. netanyahu has insisted he's innocent, calling the charges an attempted coup and witch hunt. language we've heard from trump, as well. in messages like this, netanyahu has painted himself as the victim, while leaning again on his relationship with trump to boost his standing. but trump borrowed this one. >> i want to especially thank a great man and a great leader. the leader of india, prime minister modi, my friend. >> reporter: it was with another leader, india's modi, that we first saw the message. >> the great american president,

, mr netanyahu tweeted shortly after polls closed. confidence in israel's longest—serving prime minister had been shaken after two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of 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 and a leadership contest was former cabinet minister gideon sa'ar. translation: i feel a great sense of awakening, people understand that there is a need for change. translation: the likud party needs a change. we 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 s

israel's leader benjamin netanyahu was thanked. and promised to lead them to an election victory after fending off a leadership challenge rival gideon to convince members that it was time to change but they stuck with netanyahu despite his indictment for corruption the task. was to receive. 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 netanyahu campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and education minister gideon sar so there's no need to this is the time to unite to bring a sweeping victory to the liquid and the right to the knesset elections most of the people support the right and most of the people support me to lead a government but the final decision in the primaries the final and sweeping primaries decision was a huge expression of trust in my way and alway even though netanyahu is the 1st sitting prime m

a huge win, benjamin netanyahu the votes.jamin neta nyahu tweeted, shortly the votes. a huge win, benjamin netanyahu tweeted, shortly after polls close. thank you to likud members... confident in israel'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 w

netanyahu faces criminal indictments for fraud, bribery and breach of trust. he will now lead his party in general elections in march. israel's third vote in 12 months. on thursday he tweeted this, huge victory, i thank the likud members for trust and with your help i will lead to a great victory and will continue leelding the state of israel to unprecedented achievements. mr. netanyahu's path to victory and possibly in the march election has followed an increasingly familiar pattern. our orrin leiberman has that from jerusalem. >> reporter: this is becoming a familiar image among friends, a black and white picture of prime minister benjamin netanyahu pointing at the camera. the caption says they're not only after me, they're from us. it's copied from president donald trump who used a similar image with a similar message days earlier. the well documented political bromance has been a focus of netanyahu's messaging feeatured heavily in election campaigns. on christmas eve netanyahu promising another gift from the trump administration. >> translator: we are goin

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. fifteen years after the indian ocean tsunami, how ready are communities if disaster strikes again? 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. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has claimed victory in a vote that challenged his leadership of the governing likud party. the contest has been a test of his hold on power at a time of mounting difficulties. mr netanyahu, who faces trial on bribery and corruption charges, tweeted an hour after polls closed: "a huge win! 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.

long before the midnight deadline passed benjamin netanyahu had already fired the starting gun on his election campaign via facebook posting an interview with a blue and white politician in which he endorsed a 2 state solution with the palestinians now senor who counted we don't want a palestinian state who go forward with who will they imposed on us new elections this is unnecessary and in order for this not to be repeated one thing has to be done we have to win big repeated talks between blue and whites leader benny gantz and netanyahu went nowhere netanyahu insisting that he stay on in office for several months at least guns refusing to serve with an indicted prime minister dances last gasp demand that netanyahu give up any prospect of parliamentary immunity from prosecution was rebuffed by the prime minister and there was no bailout from netanyahu former ally and defense minister avigdor lieberman he refused to bring his party into a right wing coalition and so israelis are going back to the polls next year in the meantime netanyahu will have to face down a leadership challenge fr

that's up our seeing in the big thing to watch is by how much mr netanyahu wins.u win substantially, because what he wants. if he win substantially they will begin his grip on the party. gil hoffman, thejerusalem post's chief political correspondent, outlined what appeals to mr netanyahu's supporters. there are three answers. security, economy, diplomacy. those are three issues people vote on in israel and other well. the economic situation is very good, economic growth and deployment, security situation could be life worse. the diplomaticjewish and, israel has improved ties in recent yea rs and, israel has improved ties in recent years with countries around the world. a recovery operation is beginning in the philippines after typhoon panphone hit islands in the centre of the country leaving at least 16 people dead. winds of up to 190 kilometres an hour left tens of thousands of people stranded at ports, many unable to join their families for christmas. the pope has prayed for the victims. james waterhouse reports. typhoon phanfone first arrived on tuesday night.

benjamin netanyahu and his opponent benny gantz failed to form a coalition.e are joined from west jerusalem. what happens next, harry? reporter: what happens next is a third election in march. there is a sense of grim inevitability about this, which had been growing ever more grim and inevitable in the months since the september election and all of the repeated attempts and failures to form a unity government between the party of benjamin netanyahu and the blue and white party led by former army chief benny gantz. both men stuck to their positions, netanyahu saying he had to stay in power, at least for several months, in any unity government deal. he was in the interim indicted in several corruption cases, blue and white accusing him of trying to cement his position and fight off corruption cases from that position of power. they said they would not sit in government with an indicted prime minister. along with a last gasp attempt by benny gantz, he said if netanyahu gives up any claim of parliamentary immunity, perhaps they could talk. that was rebuffed by ne

. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could be facing two potential problems.rump's playbook to stay in power. >>> plus two best friends, ring in the new year with anderson cooper and andy cohen. ♪music (air pump motors) (lamp crashes) ♪music it's the final days of the wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the fight of his political life. right now, members of his likud party are voting in leadership elections. netanyahu has to win this vote today to lead his party in what will be israel's third national election in just one year. and to drum up support, netanyahu is using the playbook of a friend, president donald trump. cnn's oren liebermann joins us now to explain all of this. oren, what is the situation there? >> reporter: well, ryan, today some 116,000 likud voters will decide who will lead their party. it is expected from political analysts that prime minister netanyahu will emerge victorious. netanyahu l

israel is in the midst of an unprecedented political crisis netanyahu has until january 1st to ask the knesset to grant him immunity he'll need a 61 majority vote he was unable to get that same number of seats to form a government in the last 2 elections and on tuesday the supreme court is expected to rule if an indicted sitting prime minister is allowed to form a government natasha going to el does iran west jerusalem. the next but still ahead allegations of spying and diplomatic harassment mexico takes a dispute with bolivia to the un's top course. and 15 years after a tsunami killed hundreds of thousands across asia we look at the struggles faced by those who survived that. hello that's some pretty fine weather across much of the southeast of united states this is where the best damages are and certainly the clearest skies plenty of cloud elsewhere. warnings in place there have been for several days and also a storm developing all of the southwest coast pushing into southern california these are the storm clouds as they were gathering is really on into friday will see the heaviest o

precisely and there is a reason that benjamin netanyahu the longest serving prime minister in israeli history has been nicknamed the magician it's for his ability to pull off victory after victory he did not according to a preliminary preliminary exit poll get the resoundingly victory he was hoping for the numbers that we are seeing far he received about 71 percent of the vote and his challenger gideon sar 28 percent of the vote he was really looking to crush sar to send a message to make her could members to quell any kind of dissent and doubt within the likud party remember this is a man who after 2 elections this year failed to form a government but he campaigned aggressively he appealed to voters saying look at all that i have accomplished and we can continue to accomplish if you stick with me that appeal to voters many said that he was the only person to lead likud they looked at the favorable economic conditions in the country and the relative stability sorry for his part had a respectable showing he was hoping apparently for about 30 percent of the vote but the results are show

netanyahu has a tough battle ahead.s criminal indictment on charges of fraud and bribery and breach of trust and all stands against him as well as what we saw from last night. him escorted to safety with incoming rocket fire from gaza and yet remains the favorite here. the question according to political analysts is not if he wins but by what margin? if he takes this 80-20, 70-30 in control of the likud party and israel's right wing. a tight race, 55-45. 50-40, the base may be slipping away from him and looking in a different correction. the real earth conveyor if gideon sar beats netanyahu and becomes candidate for prime minister in march effectively meaning the end of netanyahu. >> oren liebermann, thanks for setting that up. appreciate you. aaron, turn to you. what does this political turmoil in your opinion mean for israel and is the public xaufrt xhaustm these repeat elections in the past year? >> it's quite extraordinary. two electioning. three within, not eve an calendar year kmsh, which is precedent setting. it

israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, faces a political fight — as his likud party decides whohem 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. and coming up in half an hour — from the cricket world cup to a game—changing summer for women s sport. we look back at the biggest sporting moments this year. 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. the storm has been following a similar track 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 h

prime minister netanyahu doesn't want to just win this, he wants to win it big. something like 80/20 or 70/30, that assures the leader of the right wring. if this is a close win, it's a sigel that netanyahu's base is shifting away from him and moving in a different direction. of course, kate, the big shocker which is considered improbable, though not impossible, is if his rival gideon saar pulls it off as the end of netanyahu's time as leader. >> so hard to pull it off. >>> from the backlash failing to go public, it was a rocky year for ceos. what is the impact of the great ceo exodus? if you see wires down, treat them all as if they are hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. >>> he's a vietnam veteran and cancer survivor now with a new lease on life, the owner of a connecticut pawn shop has a new mission tox give the gift of mobility. >> a lot of you cannot do anything on your own without the help of others. that ends today. ♪ >> throughout the year, we collect un

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

if netanyahu loses this race, it's the end of netanyahu's time as prime minister. >> really interestingthank you very much for bringing it to us. >>> so a republican senator is rebuking mcconnell's impeachment trial strategy. what does it mean? "new day" continues right now. >> i heard what leader mcconnell had said. i was disturbed. >> miss murkowski has problems with what mitch mcconnell said. >> drarts hoping four republicans will break ranks. >> ultimately that decision is going to be made by mitch mcconnell. >> this is the concern for mcconnell. i think it will have an effect on how they move forward. >> they treated us very unfairly. they didn't give us anything. now they want everything. >> we want to welcome our view ners the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." john berman is off. john avalon is here. merry day after christmas. >> happy boxing day. >> it is boxing day. thank you for reminding me of that. how was your

benjamin netanyahu fends off a challenge to his party's leadership ahead of another general election also. calling for change we meet the banking mogul from georgia who decided to take on his government. welcome to the program an airliner has crashed on takeoff in kazakhstan killing at least 15 people the back as a jet came down. port smashing through a wall before hitting a house rescuers have worked in freezing temperatures to reach the 93 passengers and 5 crew trapped in the wreckage and exam drug god freud joins us now from moscow let's just start with what we know so far about the timeline in terms of the accident itself. recent our diary some more details that came out about how the x.'s and happened there coming from the. prime minister of stan was a member of the government commission rahman's that he said that they've seen the traces of the plane hitting twice run away with its tail while it was taking off and then trying to take off losing the altitude hitting the concrete fence and then actually ending up in a small building a 2 story building which fortunately the moment

the concern is that mr netanyahu may have lost his magic touch.g into a third election he again will not be able to form a government and the right wing could ultimately lose power and likud could go into the opposition, this is mr saar‘s campaign. that's what we're seeing now, and the big thing to watch is by how much benjamin netanyahu wins substantially, he wants to quell any sort of dissent. if he does not win substantially, that will weaken his grip on the party. so what is the fear for those at grass roots of likud who may have turned against him? the fear is that he is no longer going to win elections for them. in the last year, he was expecting to be able to form a right—wing majority government which is what he has had over the past decade. he hasn't been able to do that. he also hasn't been able to form a coalition government, a national unity government and so, the likud members are concerned that if it continues in this way, he is going to get weaker and ultimately the right wing will lose its grip on power and mr netanyahu's rivals, a

tell us what happened here. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu is claiming a huge victoryike a 70-30, an indication he is not only in charge of the likud party, hours after the elections closed he said with your help i will lead the likud to a great election and continue leading the state of israel to unprecedented achievements. he all along had his eye on the campaign election in march where he borrowed xrain strategies from his friend in washington. borrowed campaign strategies. this is a picture of prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying they're not only after me, they're after us. it's copied after donald trump who used a similar message with a similar image days earlier. the well documented bromance has been a focus of netanyahu's messaging in election campaigns. >> merry christmas to all our christian friends. >> reporter: promising something else from the trump administration. >> translator: we are going to bring american recognition of israeli sovereignty in the jordan valley and pay attention, in the settlements, those in the block and those not. >> reporter: the

moving on now to the middle east where israel's can take a prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fended off a challenge to his leadership from within his own party rival gideon's to convince the could members that it was time for change but they stuck with netanyahu despite his indictment for corruption and further challenges are expected before yet another general election in march the tough to get impossible 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 ginia who campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and education minister gideon sar i know who her 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 hi

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 law and securere personal i immunity rar than address the actuaual concernsns of the israeli peo

rise in support for him and his party but really there are a few obstacles still in the way for netanyahu he would face a primary challenge on december the 26th according to the could if there is a 3rd election there is a challenger in waiting but so far very much to be seen whether he'll be able to gain the kind of support he would need to topple a sitting prime minister and leader of the party also a potential legal moves against his legitimacy is staying on as an indicted prime minister but i think that the betting is that there will be a 3rd election and the same 2 key players gansa netanyahu will be at the head of these 2 rival factions thanks very much. the governor of nairobi has been granted bail after being arrested on suspicion of being involved in a multi-million dollar corruption scandal mike sancho who's a member of kenya's ruling jubilee party has denied accusations of money laundering forging documents and awarding contracts to his close friends dozens have been arrested as part of a corruption crackdown promised by the president who took kenyatta but it hasn't led to any h

israel is in the midst 'd of an unprecedented political crisis netanyahu has until january 1st to ask the knesset to grant him immunity he'll need a 61 majority vote he was unable to get that same number of seats to form a government in the last 2 elections and on tuesday the supreme court is expected to rule if an indicted sitting prime minister is allowed to form a government natasha going to al-jazeera west jerusalem. libya's internationally recognized government has made a formal request for turkish military support turkey's president earlier said he's willing to send soldiers to tripoli politicians in ankara could vote on whether to approve a deployment in the coming weeks who would otherwise have has more from the libyan capital. this is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where there's been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. forces loyal to warlord liefer hefted are now using artillery fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading have to us forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salon th

it easier or harder mr netanyahu as we head to the polls in march. he says, it will. he has just broken and he said the victory in the primary shows the party can win big in the national election. that is a very big if. if you look at the polls, they showed there won't be much difference in the third election than there were in the previous two, which was a political deadlock. as he said, mr netanyahu political deadlock. as he said, mr neta nyahu was one political deadlock. as he said, mr netanyahu was one of the most polarising issues on the agenda and in particular, his legal problems. he has been indicted on corruption charges. notjust he has been indicted on corruption charges. not just the he has been indicted on corruption charges. notjust the problems, but the way he has handled them has caused some of his support to drop. that is all still there and it seems unlikely at this point that the victory in his party will make a difference in the national political stand—off. difference in the national political stand-off. do those legal challenges

so warnings that israel is heading down a path of corruption after benjamin netanyahu survives a leadership challenge. and anger over the arrests and detentions in india protesters against the controversial law accuse police of using excessive force. so the united nations is warned of devastating consequences for civilians in syria's last rebel held province when 235000 people have fled the area in the past 2 weeks i made a renewed government offensive parts of it led have been on the daily aerial bombardment by russian backed syrian forces but the u.n. says a shortage of fuel and volatile security situation is limiting movement out of the area those fleeing are also faced with bitter winter temperatures. there it is on the map many of them heading north of course towards the turkish border but the turkish president has warned his country can't cope with another influx of refugees from italy province russian backed syrian government forces they're now focusing on tap during the rebel held city of matan man that area is key for damascus it sits on an important motorway which links the capita

the concern is mr netanyahu may have lost his magic touch.overnment and the likud party could go into opposition, this is gideon saar‘s campaign. this is one to watch, if benjamin netanyahu wins substantially, he wants to quell dissent. what is the fear for those at grassroots who may have turned against him? the fear is he is no longer going to win elections for them. in the last year, he was expected to be able to form a right—wing majority government which is what he has had over the past decade. he also hasn't been able to form a coalition government, and so, the members are concerned if it continues in this way, he will get weaker and ultimately the right wing will lose its grip on power, and rivals, allied to more centrist and leftist parties, will get in. it is about party politics, pragmatic things like will they keep their seats? there is loyalty towards mr netanyahu in the party, a tradition of fierce loyalty to the party. and to the leader. but if it looks as if he is gradually going to lose his touch in terms of providing them sea

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. tickets to send troops to libya to support the internationally recognized government against the attack from the warlord general have to. fifteen years on the ball to the tsunami in indonesia is remember. the magnitude nine quake sending a massive wave. killed two hundred and thirty thousand people. thank you very much for being with us likud is holding a leadership vote it's the first serious challenge to benjamin netanyahu in over a decade and it comes after two general elections ended in stalemate and the third within the year has been announced for march. netanyahu though was very much in the running voting in israel we understand has been extended to two massive ststorms let's go straight to or correspondent in jerusalem heiress macklin's when his errors good evening to you could this be a day of reckoning for benjamin netanyahu. you know we don't have actual polls because it's an internal pasi voters. but unanimously i think both the- as we could sources and the analysts say tha

hit by corruption cases and to repeat election 5 years israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. and we'll hear from an indigenous brazilian tribe embracing amazon development saying they can't live frozen in time . iraq's president says he would rather quit the name and you pride minister rejected by protesters. refusing to designate the nominee of an iran backed parliamentary bloc in a letter to parliament barm seles said out of my team just to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name. dani as a candidate for the next prime minister. in baghdad she explains what might happen next. it's clear that the president is not willing to carry out what has been laid out as his duties in the constitution the constitution is very clear the largest ruling bloc in parliament has so nominate a name and that person becomes the caretaker prime minister until the country is ready to hold elections but since the ruling bloc is the group which is a group that's known to be allied with iran their candidates have all been rejected and this is t

israel's embattled prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a challenge to his party leadership. and the controversial plans to increase amazon farming in brazil but what cost to the environment. hello welcome to the program our top story iraq's president has submitted his resignation after refusing to back the man who's been nominated to take charge as the country's new prime minister assad dhani the governor of the oil rich buys or province is supported by a parliamentary bloc that is closely aligned with iran but president barham saleh says dani won't satisfy the demands of protesters for an independent prime minister saad now says he will step down to avoid bloodshed and protect peace since october more than 450 people have been killed in demonstrations led by people who say iraq's political system is profoundly corrupt dosage of by reports now from the iraqi capital baghdad. a political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down than approve a new prime minister and a 3 p

israel's leader benjamin netanyahu has thanked his the could posse members and promised to lead them to election victory after fending off a leadership challenge rival gideon saw to convince members that it was time for a change but the stuck with netanyahu despite his indictment for corruption with this report from west to resume. 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 netanyahu campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and education minister gideon sar so there's no need to this is the time to unite to bring a sweeping victory to the liquid and the right to the knesset elections most of the people support the right and most of the people support me to lead a government but the final decision in the primaries the final and sweeping primaries decision was a huge expression of trust in my way and alway even though netanyahu is the 1st sitting prime minister to

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 netanyahu campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and education minister gideon sar i know who can be 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 vote for me for you why. 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. sourced 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 conce

"a huge win," benjamin netanyahu tweeted, shortly after polls closed.l's longest serving prime minister had been shaken after two failed general elections, and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of 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 in the leadership contest was former cabinet minister gideon saar. he had wanted to take the party on a different path but now says he will back the prime minister in the general election. 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 badly assumed he was going to prevail in today's primary challenge but not by this margin. he won nearly 70% of the vote, this was a knockout and it definitely attests to his political powers, is a politician, he has a strong survival instinct, he is a great campaigner, he crisscrossed the country in his last sever

israel is in the midst of an unprecedented political crisis netanyahu has until january 1st to ask the knesset to grant him immunity he'll need a 61 majority vote he was unable to get that same number of seats to form a government in the last 2 elections and on tuesday the supreme court is expected to rule if an indicted sitting prime minister is allowed to form a government natasha going to al-jazeera west jerusalem. now japan is sending a warship and military aircraft to the gulf tucker says the deployment is to protect japanese shipping in the region the ship an aircraft will not be part of the u.s. led naval force operating in the gulf japanese prime minister shinzo abe briefed iranian president hassan rouhani on the operation last week 90 percent of japan's crude oil imports come from the gulf an independent investigation has found police in india used unauthorized and excessive force against protesters at a university in new delhi the civil rights group peaceful union for democratic rights has accused offices of indiscriminately beating demonstrators is destroying public property

he was up against veteran politician gideon sachs netanyahu will lead the party into an unprecedented 3rd election in 12 months to spite an indictment for corruption and a failure to secure a maturity in 2 elections jascha game has the very latest from west jerusalem. his victory was widely expected but his challenger gideon sar did have a respectable showing yet again it's fair to say though that netanyahu proved why he's been given the nickname the magician for pulling off a victory after victory despite his legal woes as you mentioned he is facing corruption charges and involving bribery fraud and breach of trust his popularity among his right wing base has remained steady as for the saarc a up his voters did listen reza his pitch appealed to them greatly his pitch was this that if there had been 2 failed attempts at forming a government buying the tin yahoo why would voters expect a different outcome a 3rd time he also expressed concerns that netanyahu is legal woes he is the 1st sitting prime minister in israeli history to be indicted as a tool of tarnishing the party's image and

these elections demand that we place a mirror in front of the netanyahu party and make the choice for unity dignity and internal reconciliation the state of israel must set out on a new course to make that happen blue and white must achieve a decisive outcome that will extricate us from both political deadlock and a path of corruption huth ease in yemen so they fired a ballistic missile in saudi arabia killing and injuring saudi border guards a military camp was the reported target need the city of basra if confirmed it would be the 1st missile attack in 3 months he's claimed responsibility for september's drone strikes which damaged the world's largest oil processing plant in eastern saudi arabia. 3 of america's biggest rivals have started joint naval exercises near the gulf iran is hosting 4 days of warship drills with china and russia in the gulf of oman it's the entry point to the strait of hormuz which carries much of the world's oil imports iran denies involvement in recent attacks on gulf oil tankers. the fact that we are now hosting russia and china means that our relations ha

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

benjamin netanyahu fail to form a government. netanyahu and d gideon saar broe earlier this month. --is now bringing journey us nonow we bring in jojournalistic gideon levy.y. benjamin netanyahu has secured the leadership of thehe liquid party. is thatt mean he is also the undisputed leader of israel's right-wing heading into the march elections? >> yes, absolutely. but this was before those primaries. israel i is now divideded into o very clear camps. one camp sesees him as a hero. the otheher camp sees him as a villain. and there isis almost no other topic between the two. >> despite this victory because he did get 72 point 5% of the vote, the prime minister is actually quite embattled. , , inly many challengess judicial challens.s. tell us morore about what lies ahead for benjamin netanyahu. >> he is doing anything possible to postpone the day t that he wl have t two stand in n front of t and to stand in front of his destiny. andd he is doing that inin a vey sophisticated d way. namely, prime ministerr -- he belilieves the situauation wille much easier than head of opposition. s