Has declared victory after japans general election. His liberal Democratic Party and its Junior Coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japans lower house of parliament. Mr abe saidhis imminent task would be to deal firmly mr abe said his imminent task would be to deal firmly with north korea, which would require strong diplomacy. Hes now on course to become japans longest serving post war Prime Minister. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from tokyo. His report contains flash photography. Shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. This summer, the japanese Prime Ministers Approval Rating plunged to less than 30 . Now, he has won a big victory four more years in power. This victory makes mr abe japans most successful post war politician. He was assisted to his win by typhoon lan which helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. But by far, his biggest help was division and incompetence in japans opposition parties. Last month, this woman, the popu
Prime minister shinzo abe has declared victory after japans general election. His liberal Democratic Party and its Junior Coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japans lower house of parliament. Mr abe said his imminent task would be to deal firmly with north korea, which would require strong diplomacy. Hes now on course to becomejapans longest serving Prime Minister since the second world war. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from tokyo. His report contains flash photography. Shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. This summer, the japanese Prime Ministers Approval Rating plunged to less than 30 . Now he has won a big victory four more years in power. This victory makes mr abe japans most successful post war politician. He was assisted to his win by typhoon lan which helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. But by far his biggest help was division and incompetence in japans opposition parties. Last month, this woman, the popular governor
To those wanting catalonia to be independent of spain . Join us tonight at 7. 45 here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is under pressure to explain why he appointed the labour mp, Kelvin Hopkins, to the shadow cabinet months after hed been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a young Party Activist. In the past few minutes mr hopkins said he absolutely and categorically denied allegations of Inappropriate Conduct. Earlier this evening, labour said it would appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by Sexual Harassment. Theresa may has issued the partys own new code of conduct. Meanwhile the labour activist who accused mr hopkins Ava Etemadzadeh has told bbc news she feels disillusioned by the partys response at the time. Our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. Step by step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, young labour activist with more allegations of Sexual Miscon
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