Hello and welcome to bbc news. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has declared victory after his governing likud party held a leadership contest. He tweeted the official result is due in the next few hours, but a preliminary count indicated the long Time Party Leader was headed for a landslide win. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher explains the background to this leadership contest. Over the past year, there have been two elections and in both of them mr netanyahu two elections and in both of them mr neta nyahu was an two elections and in both of them mr netanyahu was an able to form a government, he was able to get enough allies who support him to actually create a government that he could lead. Hanging over all that was the pending possibility of criminal charges on Corruption Cases and that, is by the belief, he wants to form a strong government that would grant him immunity. It wasnt able to do that and that hung over his ability to form a Coalition Government exac
Israels 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. 5 . His rival, gideon saar, who claimed the party needs a new direction, took 27. 5 . Heres our correspondent, Barbara Plett usher. Over the past year, there have been two elections and in both of them mr netanyahu was unable to form a Coalition Government, he was not able to get enough olitical allies to support him to actually create a government that he could lead. Hanging over all of that was the pending possibility of crim
Good morning, welcome to bbc news. At least 12 people have died, after a passenger plane crashed in kazakhstan. The bek air flight had just taken off from the countrys biggest city, almaty, and was travelling to the capital, nur sultan, when it crashed into a building. 60 others were injured in the crash. 98 people were onboard the flight, including five crew. 0ur moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gave us this update. The latest that we are getting here are the extraordinary account of the people who have survived this crash. A couple of people have been telling their story to local media and even describing how they managed to walk away from the wreckage of this plane. One man, a businessman, who was flying up to the countrys capital, nur sultan for business meetings today, he was sitting in the 15th row of the plane, just over the wing. If you look at the wreckage, its the front part of the plane in front of the wing that was the most badly destroyed as the plane ploughed into tha
The chief executive of boeing has been sacked less than a week after the planemaker said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. The company has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving its planes. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the story. Two devastating accidents and 346 people died. The first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. Then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take off. Since then, boeings newest and fastest selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. Blames been placed on a piece of Flight Control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. Boeings failures and mr muilenburgs leadership have been angrily condemned in the us congress. Those pilots never had a chance. These loved ones never had a chance. They were in flying coffins. Senator, if i could try t
Imjoin me, sarah im join me, sarah campbell, for a look back at a busy royal year. There were plenty of headlines and a new addition. Baby archie joined his pa rents new addition. Baby archie joined his parents on tour to south africa. Good morning. In the past few minutes the duke of edinburgh has left hospital, as a pre existing condition. These are the latest picturesjust in. The duke walked out of the king edward vii hospital in central london, and got into a car before being driven away. He travelled to the hospital on friday as a precautionary measure. Buckingham palace say the admission was for observation and treatment. Andy moore is outside the hospital in central london. What more do we know . We dont know very much more than the fact that the duke of edinburgh has left. We have had no official confirmation from Buckingham Palace yet. We assume he is going to sandringham to join the rest of the royal family but we have not yet had that confirmed. He left at probably about he