or we have correspondents at the headquarters of both netanyahu likud party and the blue and white party of benny gantz so let's take you 1st of all to the likud party headquarters in tel aviv and al-jazeera as harry force says harry will actually stay away seeing the results of the 1st exit polls none more so than netanyahu himself because there's a lot at stake for him. absolutely and that's been on display in technicolor through his actions over the last week was rather campaign last week and especially in the last couple of days and this mad day of campaigning that we've seen from so many of the leaders but none more so than but netanyahu has been on face book broadcasting all day and we've just had the 1st round of exit polls and i can tell you that channel 121 of the main israeli t.v. stations and news channels it puts blue and white benny gantz is party on 34. the likud party of netanyahu on 33 and the joint list the palestinian israeli largely arab joint list 11 that would give netanyahu if lieberman i believe him and his party remain out of his coalition that's what brought down

an election back in april and they were deadlocked likud was deadlocked with this new blue and white party which is a much more centrist party netanyahu claimed victory they pulled ahead by about 15000 votes but an electoral map that's really 0 and he was unable to form another coalition and so here we are again today talking about the same thing happening basically again let's talk a bit more about netanyahu longest serving prime minister and he'd hope that these elections would break this deadlock but could he be in an even weaker position then he was beforehand there's been a lot of speculation over whether this is nothing that was done to ng this is a question i've been asked before the answer generally has been no however there is a possibility at this point if unity government is the way forward if this is what is decided if in fact i figure lieberman's party becomes the king maker there is a non-zero chance that likud could decide to unseat netanyahu as the head of the party and this is because the blue and white party has said under no circumstances do we want to be in a unique gov

for that to happen it's going to be very complicated and protracted negotiations between blue and white party on the one hand that the neo and the other sort of liquid party on the other and you started between over victor lieberman i think if that thing happens and if those exit polls are correct which has been against leeds i don't see a future for nothing you know. in the end the next government and probably his future would more likely be in prison if things continue as we see them today because there's a great deal at stake and the selection of what he's basically has been indicted for all practical purpose he is charged on 4 counts. mostly he's sounds to be guilty according to the prosecutor. that they're in the general and and clearly if he doesn't have immunity being the next prime minister he seems like his predecessor mr it would all work well in the end and jailed anyway that's a fight as the very limited if you will israeli perception of what goes on the secular versus the religious and so forth but for the palestinians in israel and for the palestinians on that occupation over th

white bunny guns to tool. we have correspondents at the headquarters of both netanyahu could party and that with the blue and white party of benny gantz and holder is there for us now and so hard to these comments by avigdor lieberman he seems to be saying that a grand grand coalition government between these 3 parties is the solution to any any sense of as there been any response to this there benny gantz has had forces. we haven't heard from benny gantz so far tonight we think he might be coming soon simply because we. just witnessed some microphone test on the stage behind me where after tell you that the atmosphere has brightened up here there's many more supporters not large numbers but certainly many more and the latest exit polls that were just revealed a few minutes ago actually now put the blue and white party in the lead with 32 seats followed by benjamin netanyahu and his likud party at 30 seats now also the projection showed that actually at this stage. benny gantz would have a coalition of $59.00 seats that would include a recommendation by the joint lead and whose latest poll now showed that they hav

maker what's known office plans would he be open to an alliance say with many guns as bill and white party. my was expected that he would be the king maker he was the cause that you know the netanyahu fails to build the last coalition there were actually quite close allies before he was also defense minister under netanyahu but then stepped down. and he was expected to know that he would gain more seats in all the polls before the elections that showed us that he could be the potential kingmaker and he has said very clearly you heard it also in the report that he would like to see a liberal unity government what he means by that a government can come from comprised of likud israel between new and blue and white so this and he also said out you know his demands already how we would like to go forward with this right to an extreme in jerusalem thank you very much. let me now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the wild officials in the us say they have evidence of saturday's attacks in saudi arabia's oil facilities originated in iran the unnamed sources told reuter

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

whether there will be some sort of an alteration between the head of the blue and white party guns and they had a little good party and whether that head of the nickel party would still be in it and you know because it's clear now for so many that netanyahu has failed in this election not only failed back in april to form a new government his performance and his party's performance this elections around has basically. fell from the last time and hence he needs to take responsibility for the failure so guns right. run a national unity government negotiations with likud or with liquidnet then your whole but certainly not the now will not be the next prime minister in this configuration doesn't mean he's giving up though is the emmys just not the kind of politician who does give up and he has these languages been interesting as well the use of the term zionism and even and he zionism. but yes i mean you know so many. so many israelis consider him or don't know israel without netanya i mean he's been there for 10 years and before that he served the other 3 years as prime minister so he is

hoda abdel-hamid to on the earth to screen she is that the headquarters of benny gantz blue and white party hodor i'll be with you shortly sounding that with harry force that had benjamin netanyahu is they could party base how long till the polls actually close less than an hour an hour come on at 10 pm local time and so we've had the latest of this stream of live broadcasts on social media coming from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu as he does everything he can to try and get his new cooed vote up as high as possible and more importantly to try to engineer and nothing of a potential right wing bloc of smaller coalition parties to take him over that magic 61 seat number that you had going to refer to and not report and just in the last couple of minutes the latest of these videos saying it's war until the last minute get on get out and vote that every vote counts wake up or we risk losing this is being netanyahu strategy for several election campaigns now very much what happened in april and it's been 8 by a lot of other political leaders in this campaign as well trying to convince hi

over 6 months that's according to the exit polls former military chief benny gantz is blue and white party has a wafer thin lead over prime minister benjamin netanyahu is liquid party but neither of them has claimed victory nor conceded defeat official results serve not yet been announced that they now called a rerun when he failed to form a coalition after a general election in april the channel 12 preliminary exit poll is giving netanyahu slick could $33.00 seats and dances blue and white alliance $34.00 both worlds short of the $61.00 seats needed for a majority the minority arab alliance the joint list is set to come in 3rd with 11 seats and projected to be in 4th place is the man who could play ken king maker or king breaker avigdor lieberman heads of the far right use of a new party it's predicted to win 8 to 10 seats again says he is open to a possible national unity government you my friends. an important part in the change. you are the change after you come out. to see you thank you. so. we have to be patient and wait for things to happen. our correspondent hold up that homemade w

results to invite the leaders for talks but invited prime minister netanyahu and the blue and white parties been econ in an unofficial manner. and when better than friday afternoon. we have correspondents following the 2 big players in the selection made at the headquarters of the blue and white party of benny gantz will be speaking to in just a moment but 1st let's go to harry force it too is with supporters of prime minister netanyahu liquid party harry tell us a little bit about the mood there at the moment especially now that exit polls are no longer showing the code in the lead. that's right the mood is or i think somewhat overwhelmed by the volume of the music that they're playing there are some people who are trying to look at to bridge an exultant down . only floor behind me but there are some pretty tense faces here as well last time around in april but you know it kept us waiting until about now he waited for the initial not very positive image exit polls to start to swing in his favor as more results and more information came out and then he came and made a victory speech this ti

but his address had the tone of a victory speech for his blue and white party. courting the initial results netanyahu did not succeed in his mission. was enough and we on the other hand proved that our idea called blue and white a project we established just over 6 months ago is a huge success and here to stay. god said that he would not get to work on building a broad unity government. but speaking to his supporters at likud party headquarters prime minister netanyahu did not concede defeat he said he would also seek potential allies to form a government but one that excluded our parties. in the coming days we will convene negotiations to assemble a strong zionist government answer prevent a dangerous antis zionists cover meant. exit polls show the 2 main parties are neck and neck after 10 years and car benjamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party are battling for political survival. centrist benny gantz has ruled out a partnership with likud if netanyahu remains at the helm of the party. 6 months ago netanyahu failed to form a coalition government faced w

his blue and white party says netanyahu must step aside in order for the 2 parties to work together. for more on the israeli election let's bring in mr had urged the director at the school of public and international affairs that virginia tech mess that welcome he wrote about the think political divide in israeli politics before the election is that divide even brighter now absolutely i think israel is a divided polity right now we have had 2 major elections there were the last 5 months that testified to just you know i did and we see this stalemate and paralysis of israeli politics straight down and there is lot of problems as to you know where there either gentleman will be able to form a coalition government or will you be heading to and yet a 3rd election there is a non-person all i'm loved and lost between these minister netanyahu and mr ganns there is a division between the secular vision of israel's future and the move religious agenda of some of the religious parties and of course then the presence and the good surely of the arab bloc has also caused problems for people like

it does look very much as the blue and white party has one seat at least as head of the likud party but then in that even in that case it's not going to be an easy task for benny gantz he has the support of the leftist parties there's about 6 seats there are indications to not confirm that the arab joint list would recommend the president to tosk 1st benny gantz with the formation of a government even though the arab jointness and this state would not join that coalition would actually rather stay in the opposition so if you add all these numbers benny gantz is head of. benjamin netanyahu by one or 2 cs and then you have the question of dora lieberman what he is going to do he has repeated 3 times so far since last night that he favors a broad based liberal unity government which would include likud blue and white and his own party baked into israel his positions certainly would be very important and would tilt any political power in one direction. but at the end of the day there's a lot of anger against benjamin netanyahu and you do get a feeling that you could get a sort of broad base

white a project we established just over 6 months ago is a huge success and here to stay. this man immediately cast himself as kingmaker avigdor lieberman the backing of his secular right back to new party will be vital to the formation of any governing coalition. we're not. we have just one option. broad liberal unity government. form of use real bay to new. and blue and white. voters defied predictions of fatigue and turned out in larger numbers than the last poll in april now they want a path forward many say after 10 years in power it's time for netanyahu to go. you know you can be sure that you know who has probably run his course and his time has passed about as well though. so off air war in the end netanyahu is like a phoenix when we think he's finished he rises up again but i really hope that the government will change i think he was a good leader but i think it's about time to end the chapter on a period. when you mean that to me whose political survival is on a knife edge long deemed a political wizard this election may turn out to be the one that broke his spell. the european commission president says the deal to ensure a smooth british exit from the is still possible but he

be slipping preliminary election results show netanyahu is party almost tied with the blue and white partyled by been against both a short of the parliamentary majority they need to form a coalition government this means whoever gets support from smaller parties will become the next prime minister and in that case the kingmaker could be israel but a news leader avigdor lieberman israel's president reuben rivlin will then decide who will get the job if engine that's in yahoo loses it is at risk of being jailed for alleged corruption harry fawcett has been following the elections from tel aviv . the music blared benjamin netanyahu smiles but more than 5 hours after voting finished it was clear this was no victory even if he was far from ready to admit defeat with. a government committed to the jewish state where neither will nor can there be a government that relies on. arab parties but the exit polls suggest he doesn't have the numbers to dictate he may not be given 1st chance to form a government 5 months ago benjamin netanyahu waited several hours before making his speech waiting for the

year that's according to exit polls official results are expected later on wednesday the blue and white party of former military chief benny gantz has a wafer thin lead over prime minister benjamin netanyahu slick could neither is claimed victory nor conceded defeat netanyahu remained defiant as he addressed his party just. let israel needs a strong government a stable government a zionist government. a government committed towards the jewish state where neither will nor can there be a government that relies on and to zionist arab parties. again urged his supporters to be patient but was optimistic if you had got so we need to be patient there was an easy mission as we see now netanyahu did not succeed in his mission we in comparison proved that the idea of blue and white succeeded big time and is here to stay and that's in your house ally turned rival avigdor lieberman is most likely to determine the makeup of the next government is called for unity. so you have only one option a national liberal government made up of israel by to big and blue and white we are in a state of crisis both finan

the for his exit polls that he would only accept a unity government which included the blue and white party the likud and his own. party so now you have benny gantz who's under spot here you have 2 of the most important politicians calling for unity government benny gantz hasn't answered yet but certainly need to now has put him under spot and now all eyes here in israel will be on benny gantz holder thank you. for more on this let's bring in akiva eldar who joins us via skype from tel aviv he's a columnist at the news website akiva eldar so netanyahu now calling on benny gantz to join him in this unity government is this a shrewd move by netanyahu or a sign of political desperation do you think. i think it's another spin made by an uncanny how and the proof is in the yesterday's gathering of the likud and so to speak those natural partners the orthodox and tried to get them to get from them a clear commitment that they are together and they are not going to betray or stary stab him in his back and this is after he made all the members of the previous likud faction in the upcoming knesset t

correspondents in 2 locations in tel aviv what our bill hamid is at the headquarters of benny gantz blue and white party we're starting out with kerry force that benjamin netanyahu likud party base this is a big one isn't it harry after failing to get either a majority or to form a coalition and then taking the risk of another election. that's right and then the magic number for benjamin netanyahu is 61 seats in the knesset the israeli parliament not for his own likud party alone he got 35 seats last time around but for enough of a coalition of his likud party and other smaller right wing parties if he makes that then he will have another term he will be able to try to get through potentially immunity against his corruption charges all of the various pledges that he's been making in the election campaign then become all that more real and from palestinian perspective for instance the the pledge to annex the jordan valley and parts of your key by the city of hebron all the more dangerous i've got notifications on my phone every time he goes live with a new live broadcast and it's pinging all the time eve

we would think that the president really will give that 1st chance to bet against the grew and white party as you said having one seat head as the likud and one seat is crucial in this kind of election and prime minister netanyahu wants he's. not the type to give up his. well prime minister netanyahu is in a difficult position even though he doesn't say so publicly but i mean even the way he tried to position himself after the 1st exit polls last night if you just compared to what happened back in april he waited until the you know until a few hours and then he came on the stage of his the good party headquarters in tel aviv back in april and the very. he looked victorious he sounded victorious he was talking about 5 a right wing coalition well yesterday he waited a bit longer and he arrived on that stage talking about. him is hinting at the fact that this arab. fared pretty well by at least according to the exit poll now having 13 seats if not more according to other polls so it will be quite a large bloc in the opposition trying now to reposition himself but he's in the embattled prime m

over 6 months that's according to the exit polls former military chief benny gantz is a blue and white party has only away 5th in lead over prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it could party but neither of them has claimed victory nor conceded defeat official results are yet to be announced netanyahu called the unprecedented rerun when he failed to form a coalition off to a general election in april well the channel 12 preliminary exit poll is giving netanyahu is a could party 33 seats and dances blue in my lines 34 now both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority of the minority arab alliance that's the joint list is set to come in 3rd with 11 seats and predicted to be in 4th place is the man who could play kingmaker or indeed king breaker avigdor lieberman heads up the far right he has railed the 10 no party that's predicted to win 8 to 10 seats well dan says he's open to a possible national unity government you my friends. the change. you are the change. that's come out. we. thank you so so. we have to be patient and wait for the things to happen. our correspondent how to

orthodox parties of us one scenario or netanyahu he could try and find cracks in the in the blue and white party. and then with those far right parties form the right wing group because what netanyahu wants is an immunity government he wants immunity from prosecution he's not going to get that from benny benny gantz and gans is blue and white coalition so a lot to happen over 'd the next few weeks daryn and a lot remains unknown or at a bit of smith in western islam bernard thank you let's cross over now to me to abraham who is in ramallah need us so what's the feeling there on the ground amongst palestinians about the selection. we've heard from the deputy for more the world out and who said that he commended the palestinian israeli parties at achieving a higher rate as we have seen from the initial results in the israeli elections saying that they when they unite they do better however in the overall perspective the whole picture it seems that palestinians are not really dwell on the results of the israeli elections they don't really see that there is much of a difference yesterday the palesti

the blue—and—white party said that netanyahu blue—and—white party said that neta nyahu has stolen blue—and—whiten valley is an area of 50,000 palestinians. they are not discussed at all. netanyahu said he had no intention of annexing palestinians himself. it begs the question what happens in the palestinians also they have been absent from the discourse of the entire election process which is not surprising at all. bear in mind benjamin netanyahu surprising at all. bear in mind benjamin neta nyahu has surprising at all. bear in mind benjamin netanyahu has been prime minister of israel longer than any other prime minister of the country and some say these exit polls marked the beginning of the end for him. people have written them all before and we shall see how it shakes down in the coming days. talk to you tomorrow. hello there. if you like your weather story dry and settled, so far so good this week. it's been quite quiet. this was from a weather watcher picture scene from lincolnshire on tuesday afternoon, but i could have picked numerous locations. itjust illustrates what a beautiful septemb

to be the king maker of this whole election because right now as the likud party in the blue and white party tide the 3rd place takes up the arab party the party representing the interests of the arab. diaspora if i may say so in in israel obviously they're not going to they're not going to ally themselves with the netanyahu sold the 4th man. he also he is alienated by the hardline netanyahu is hardline stance on author the orthodox jews. basically for instance he's been very much against netanyahu proposal and netanyahu was pushed to grant all orthodox jews a pardon basically to allow them not to serve in the army 1st thing really just as if they if they are all subjects of the orthodox jewish jewish population so he's he's sort of a dark horse and he could be the kingmaker over these whole elections but indeed. the only the only supporters that we've seen cheering after the exit polls war months supported supporters when it comes to the response from netanyahu and from the blue and white party camps it has been moved to do. as you've mentioned to have a listen. but then you know failed for

and the main opposition blue and white party failed to win a majority. going all his writing security forces have killed a palestinian woman in the occupied west bank the woman died of her injuries in hospital under a military checkpoint north of jerusalem holding 2 israeli media the woman who was allegedly waiting. there was president says who the fighters launched the attack on all of foreigners in saudi arabia as a warning that it should withdrawal from the war in yemen a son rouhani made the comments on wednesday alongside another denial that obama's involved the kingdom says no more oil output will resume within weeks. the european union's chief negotiator is warning politicians not to underestimate the consequences of a no deal bragg's it michel barnier also said that deal or no deal sticking points like citizens' rights on the border will need to be resolved for britain and the e.u. can have a relationship the u.k. supreme court has also begun hearings to decide whether prime minister barak's johnson broke the law by suspending parliament for 5 we

was too close to call exit polls pulled former military chief benny gantz who leads the blue and white party with a one seat lead over prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likud party. global or prices have dropped by 5 percent after saudi arabia announces restored 50 percent of the production cut by saturday's drone attacks u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe is heading to riyadh to discuss the situation. to bomb attacks have been carried out in afghanistan less than 2 weeks before an election at least 46 people were killed taliban has claimed responsibility one blast targeted an election rally by president bush who wasn't hurt. the u.k. supremes court has begun hearings to decide whether prime minister boris johnson broke the law when he suspended parliament for 5 weeks a lawyer for the government has told judges johnson were. entitled to prorogue parliament but those arguing against the shutdown say it is the biggest abuse of power bribe pile minister for 50 years has more from london. the barricades have shifted temporarily than the remaining breaks it battle as arrived at the supreme co

government not only they are the 3rd largest party but they will be the official opposition party if likud and white them will quietly go into coalition and what does that mean official opposition party what in israel there's a norm not necessarily the law but the norm the custom the tradition is that the head of the opposition party would be treated with lots of privilege and rights including a monthly meeting with the prime minister as well as highs highlevel security briefings i'm not sure exactly that the next prime minister is there will share security briefings with the palestinians but it's interesting to see and what about politically i mean if if as you suggest it might be in charge what would that mean in terms of difference in foreign policy for safe for israel actually you know regardless of exactly i think guns would be in charge but they're godless of who is the idea of the national unity government a national jewish unity government to liquid and the centrist right blue and white party means there's a potential that there isn't much of a program there isn't much of a coherent foreign

election win but his address to supporters certainly had the tone of a victory speech for his blue and white party. v had got so tired mr courting to the initial results netanyahu did not succeed in his mission. and that he we on the other hand proved that our idea called blue and white a project with stablished just over 6 months ago is a huge success and here to stay military fact that you could make a decision that this man immediately cast himself as kingmaker avigdor lieberman.

of israel, this is about a) with a the future of israel, this is about a ) with a just party and about blue—and—whiteecular party and it spells doom for palestinians regardless of how we cut it and it hasn't even been discussed which is very telling. but, i don't know if you're able to hear but we just heard from a palestinian in the jordan hear but we just heard from a palestinian in thejordan valley who said how scared he was of that annexation policy, incident these much less likely than another that be acted upon? and people like that can rest a little easier in the jordan valley? two things you read about this, there is a defector annexation of the jordan valley anyway, palestinians not have access to 90% of the jordan anyway, palestinians not have access to 90% of thejordan valley anyway, palestinians not have access to 90% of the jordan valley which anyway, palestinians not have access to 90% of thejordan valley which is under closed military zones, nature reserves , under closed military zones, nature reserves, settlements were 11,000 settlers have access to six times as much water is a 60,00

live pictures now from tel aviv where exit polls are showing benny gantz who leads the blue and white party is neck and neck with longtime prime minister benjamin netanyahu. crude oil prices have dropped by 5 percent after saudi arabia announced it's restored 50 percent of the production that was cut by saturday's drone attacks the saudi energy minister says output will be fully restored by the end of the month u.s. secretary of state smartphone peo is heading to saudi arabia to discuss the situation with the crown prince. and afghanistan has been hit by 2 attacks in less than 2 weeks out from an election at least 46 people were killed and the taliban has claimed responsibility one blast targeted an election rally by president ashraf ghani who was attached. well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is about to address supporters at likud party headquarters in tel aviv exit polls currently suggest he'll fail to win a majority in this the 2nd general election of 2019 well the exit polls have been going up and down all evening but looks like neither party will be winning a majority bu

chief who heads the blue and white center left party it's not so much the number of seats they received but who is able to form a majority coalition government the way it works in israel is that you need a minimum of 61 out of 120 parliamentary seats to form a majority and then you are tossed with being the next government and there are now who is unlikely to be able to do this the exit polls put him far below reaching that 61 and so what we are hearing from particularly his critics in the blue and white party saying that the netanyahu is over that he forced these elections because he dissolved the parliament 6 months ago when we had the previous elections and again he's been unable to come forward as the foreigner and so essentially he's shown and this is what people are saying the israeli public that the magic if you want to call it that that he head in terms of being israel's longest serving prime minister has dissolved i mean the whole lot 2nd round if it's another close run results is it likely that we see a 3rd round of elections in due course. it is likely that this is the scenar

it's can be formed but more than 90 percent of the votes kind the sense of right blue and white party led by benny gantz has 30 seats while prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the could party is just behind with one force that reports from tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu might be down but he's not out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his likud party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership. there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a government will be formed that is leaning on the and he zionist arab parties the bloc in question would give him $55.00 seats in the israeli parliament or knesset still 6 short of the 61 needed to form a majority coalition it's a rebuke to netanyahu ally avigdor lieberman who's insisted that his party israel they tend to

blue and white party the party that was really fun for the last elections and then it's actually what is happening the day off to the elections because whoever wins the most seats multi-party system has sen you know needs to be able to form that could to build the next government and that is where the new netanyahu failed last time and instead of giving back the mandate he actually pushed for new elections and that's why we're here again today why israelis have to come to the polling station today and what one of the civil also look at today is the voter turnout how many people are coming has been a very slow election campaign after a long summer because that will also of course. be seen then in the results so a 2200 local time tonight we expect the 1st exit polls and we see where the trend is going and by tomorrow morning we should see some more official results and ok thanks very much for that we have much more from jerusalem as the day progresses so what was important for voters is talk about that now here in the studio with me resigning as a journalist and a middle east analyst fr

partial results and exit polls from yesterday's national s shr chief benny gantz's blue and white party was deadlocked with netanyahu's likud party. if the results stand, it means netanyahu failed to secure enough votes for a majority in parliament. this morning netanyahu said he will work to form a new zionist government that excludes arab parties. >> if these results are near what the actual, real result are, then netanyahu is in real trouble. doesn't have 61 seats, the parliamentary majority, without lieberman. and lieberman has made clear he won't sit with netanyahu and his far right and religious allies. >> lieberman is the head of an israeli political party whose support is needed to form a coalition. netanyahu campaigned as a strong ally of the u.s. and a close friend of president trump. he's also facing possible uinches orain in eatening t parts of southeast texas and southwestern louisiana over the next few days. the national hurricane center says the houston area and other significant rainfall through thursday as the storm moves north. imelda formed yesterday and made landfall

the left wing party the police even the attorney general and his opponents so that the blue and white party which is the largest opponent but also other parties are actually really campaigning to topple netanyahu to say that he's not fit to govern anymore and to also claim that he's actually undermining democratic institutions by attacking yet by attacking the state in this way so it's been a huge issue there have been other important issues too but the question of whether netanyahu should stay or go has really been one of the big ones. in jerusalem thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world iran's supreme leader ayatollah ayatollah ali khamenei has ruled out diplomatic talks with washington at any level unless the u.s. returns to the nuclear deal that president trump abounded in last year his remarks came mr rejected accusations that it was behind the drone attacks that crippled a saudi arabia's oil infrastructure over the weekend. in venezuela some opposition parties are split from the main opposition to sign an agreement to join government

coalition talks and now likely with all the 90 percent of votes counted the center left blue and white party led by benny gantz has 32 seats or benjamin netanyahu is likud party is just behind on 31. at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a fire at a school in liberia. the blaze started around midnight and tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping before he said electrical problem was to blame but investigations are continuing. the army in the democratic republic of congo says its soldiers have killed a rebel leader from rwanda silvester would have kooris hutu rebel group is accused of killing hundreds of civilians during conflicts in 20092010 he'd been wanted by the international criminal court since 2012 for war crimes i'll be back with a full news hour right after the 2nd half of witness. yeah boudicca. commit commit thought as the next body law was. put on at. the. comment inasmuch as sets of men yeah you touched to pose that gets you on a just less than one type i don't see if esoteric logic can. checa. on to metal. tool is surely a plant a tool as you'

government not only they are the 3rd largest party but they will be the official opposition party if likud and white the middle party go into coalition and what does that mean official opposition party what in israel there's a norm not necessarily the law but the norm the custom the tradition is that.

his address to supporters certainly had the tone of a victory speech for his blue and white party. v. had get so tired mr courting to the initial results netanyahu did not succeed in his mission. and that he we on the other hand prove that our idea called blue and white a project we established just over 6 months ago is a huge success and here to stay. that you could have. this man immediately cast himself as kingmaker avigdor lieberman the backing of his secular right back to new party will be vital to the formation of any governing coalition. when are. we have just one option. a broad liberal unity government. formed of years real bring to new. likud and blue and white. voters defied predictions of fatigue and turned out in larger numbers than the last poll in april now they want a path forward many say after 10 years in power it's time for netanyahu to go. you know you sure you know who has probably run his course and his time has passed about as well though. as so often in the end netanyahu is like a phoenix when we think he's finished he rises up again but i really hope that th

deadlocked elections last week that new whose looks good party came in a single seat behind the blue and white party which is led by by the gun neither leader has been able to put together a coalition with a majority in the 120 seat knesset human rights groups in egypt say that more than a 1000 people have been arrested in a crackdown after last friday's protests against the rule of president fatah el-sisi he seized power back in 2013 when the military took over from the democratically elected muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi. fully un report has issued the starkest warning yet of a climate change catastrophe for the planet's seas and oceans predicting more super storms rising sea levels and ocean dead zones scientists from the intergovernmental panel on climate change say unprecedented overheating in the world's oceans 'd could raise sea levels by about one meter by the end of this century rendering some coastal regions completely uninhabitable. one senegalese coast the village of popping green is already feeling the effects of rising sea levels the atlantic has washed away several houses

you will and that's why he's calling for a national unity government that includes the blue and white party and liquid party now what does this really mean i think he's not wrong he's not wrong that this will . set israel with a much wider stronger and more representative government for the jews in israel that will be able to project more influence in the palestinian territories occupied purse interest and views of the israel's enemies and the missus alike and benjamin netanyahu and we saw him in these final days and weeks really for ferocious election campaign now what does this mean for his position is this the beginning of the end of that great political survival for office is actually. good word to use always going to use other words but certainly he pulled every word every trick of the book and throw it at their selections including lies and deceptions and and so on so forth but it also included as an incumbent. prime minister in the end of the day he also used his power in order to not only meet with trump and putin and more view of india whenever he wanted but also to bomb iraq and s

clear winner the likud party leader said there was no choice but to join the centrist blue and white party of benny gantz in a unity government. at least 20 people have been killed and more than 90 wounded in a truck bomb attack in southern afghanistan authorities say the early morning blast occurred next to a hospital in the city of columbus the taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack. here in germany a murder mystery possibly involving a russian agent has been capturing the headlines a month ago a chechen asylum seeker was shot dead in broad daylight in a berlin park his alleged killer was quickly arrested and that killer's passport showed him to be a russian citizen the victim had been a chechen leader in the war against russia 20 years ago so now there is widespread circulation speculation that the allegedly was an agent of the russian government has more. by was. murdered it's a question his ex-wife the tivo can stop thinking about she says and to sought asylum in germany in 2016 because he was being pursued by the russian secret service. to keep it appears we were warned t

and i'm going to run to the top stories on al-jazeera israel's opposition blue and white party benny gantz says he should be the next prime minister he appears to rejected current prime minister benjamin netanyahu his offer of a power sharing unity coalition. canada's prime minister justin trudeau has apologized again for dressing up in brown face and black face admitting it was racist. to former president ben ali has died at the age of $83.00 he was in saudi arabia where he's lived in exile since the 2011 revolution which kick started the so-called arab spring your odds are therefore takes a look back at his legacy. when he was swept from power by a wave of popular protest fleeing tunisia saudi arabia a former military man and diplomat zene ben ali took the presidency in 1907 with a bloodless coup unseating the country's 1st post colonial president in every election since he was returned to power with enormous majorities his opponents said the votes were rigged human rights groups described his government as authoritarian and undemocratic cracking down on any attempts at press freed

to parliamentary seats behind his main rival for my idea of chief begun says santa lift blue and white party whether that in the end transpires to be correct or not so if you know when yahoo does not have enough seats to form a comfortable coalition majority he needs 61 out of 120 seats so he's going to have to form a coalition potentially not only with his right wing support. and the big question mark as well who can he actually approach to form a coalition government with if he current and if been against content that seems to be the prognosis certainly at this stage the country could see itself heading for a 3rd election don't forget the previous election was back in april and that was an election that because netanyahu was unable to win he forced in another election this time around and that's why we've seen critics say that the era of netanyahu is over he hasn't yet addressed his supporters he hasn't yet addressed reporters we hear that he's on the phone trying to put together some kind of coalition there is a 3rd some areas that i don't leave a man who is the leader of the israel our h

kurdish and talks offer a 2nd election this year failed to produce a clear winner both the blue and white party led by benny gantz and benjamin netanyahu the could party unlikely to gain the majority needed to form a government. and at least 27 people most of them children have been killed in a fire at a qur'anic school in liberia the place tore through a dormitory where students were sleeping. in ireland survivors of an a tourist children's home or accusing the government of covering up a long running scandal involving the catholic church they're threatening legal action over the government's failure to examine the bodies of as many as 796 children who died in the care of nuns some of the remains found in a burial put in june 5 years ago were newborn babies as largely reports it is impossible to overstate the mental scarring of the survivors of the bodies of the riders are very concerned because they're there and they are peter lived in the home until the age of 4 when the nuns sold him on to a violent family by that time he lost his sister she like nearly 800 others had her name recorded in t

head of the leader of israel's opposition blue and white party benny gantz says he should be the nation's next prime minister it appears to have rejected current prime minister benjamin netanyahu as offer of a power sharing unity coalition making a 3rd election of the year or more likely with 99 percent of the votes counted against his centrist blue and white party with $33.00 seats is just ahead of netanyahu is conservative likud with 31 both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in israel's 120 seat parliament president ruben rivlin now has to decide who has the best chance of forming a coalition he says he'll do all he can to avoid an unprecedented 3rd vote but the current split of seats and loyalties means there's no obvious alliance that can get those $61.00 seats or a force that reports. a symbolic handshake between rival would be prime ministers benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz choreographed by israel's president reuben rivlin at a memorial for shimon peres a man who held both positions really doesn't have direct political power but he does have influence and in th