tania kramer inn jerususalem gae us this assessmement. tania: he seems to be in a weak position after this election. he failed last time to put a coalition together and he failed to put a coalition to his liking, which would have been a right wing coalition with the orthodox parties. this in light of his legal trououbles, he f faces possiblee indictment over corruption charges and hearings are in october. it is not quite sure what scenario we are going to be looking at. if you ask supporters,, they are not just prepared to give up on mr. netanyahu yet. there is also the sense that nobody wantsts to see a third election. the president has made clear he wants to proceed quickly with a consultation, to task the leader with who has the most chances of putting a coalition together. brent: tania kramer reporting from jerusalem. here in europe, spanish voters will head to the polls this coming november. the prime minister announced new elections after no party was able to form a government. the socialists won the most seats in april, but fell sho

brent: for more on this, i'm joined by our correspondent, tania kramer. good evening to you. lp us understand what netanyahu's doing here and he says he intends to annex parts of the west bank. is he talking about an illegal land grab? tania: you h have to see the statementt in ththe context of e elections. you said it, a a week before the elections. he said he wants to annexx the settlement in the jordan valley and north of the dead sea. and also in light of the possssible revelation n of the p stand afteter the elelections ad that he needs the mamandate from his voters, the israeli p public to do o so immediately aftfterhe elelections. it's not really a new plan. israel has always said they want to keep this jordan valley, especially as a security barrier, as a a possible eastern border. ofourse, it is a big if, if he is reelected, that w would be a dramatic developopment. because it would put towns like jejericho, israel occupupied the west bank in 1967. anand of course, they made the occupation permanent.. and also, the notion for r the palestinians over possible palestini

brent: our correspondent, tania kramer, on n the story for us in jejerusalem.s thoho resesults come in i ine second israeli election. thank you. here are the other stories making h headlines around the world. officials in the usa they have evidence that saturday's attack on saudi arabia's oil facilities originated in iran. the unnamed sources are telling reuters news agency that the strike involved jones -- drones and cruise missiles. iran has rejected all claims over spots ability for the attack. spanish voters are heading to the polls, the countries tear -- caretaker announcing fresh elections after it emerged that no party in parliament could win enough support to form a government. sanchez's socialism won most seats in april's election but fell shohort of an absolute majority. elections are scheduled to be held november 10. britain's brexit battle has moved to the u.k. supreme court. it has become -- began hearing a case claiming that boris johnson acted illegally when he suspended parliament last week. johnson says the shutdown was necessary to present a n

tania kramer, reporting from jerusalem, thank you. dozens of civilians have been killed in two separate incidents in afghanistan. a u.s. drone strike targeted a hideout used by the islamic state in the eastern province, but it hit workers in a field instead. and the taliban have claimed responsibility for a truck bombing hospital in the southern city. reporter: even by afghanistan's standards, these are bloody times. this hospital in the south of the country bore the brunt of the taliban truck bomb on the third consecutive day of viololence and bloodshed in the country. at least 20 were killed, almost 100 wounded many of them patients. the surge in violence comes after u.s. president donald trump calleled off peace talks with the taliban, whihich could have seen a withdrawal of u.s. troops. that combined with the talibib's desire to dissuade people from vovoting in the e presidential l on september 28 has led to the rise in the attacks. but it has mostly been civilians taking a force of the blast and bullets in what have become near-d