Japans english, we drop by an Afterschool Program near tokyo where kids eat snacks, play and speak only english. Results coming in from the u. S. Midterm elections point to new challenges for president Barack Obamas administration. The republicans will have the majority in the senate. That means they will take control of both chambers of congress. Tonight they said we can have real change in washington, real change. And thats just what i intend to deliver. The republicans entered the race with 45 senate seats. Abc news projects they will come out of the election with at least 52. That will give them the majority in the 100seat chamber. The republicans are to take control of both houses of congress for the first time in eight years. But not all of the races will be settled right away. In louisiana none of the eight candidates are poised to secure a majority. So the top two will compete in a runoff next month. In the house of representatives, all 435 seats are up for grabs. Abc projects
And workers in hiroshima continue a grim search for people buried by landslides a week ago. People living in the gaza strip and parts of israel are leaving shelters and hoping they wont have to return. Israeli leaders have agreed to an openended ceasefire with hamas, the group that controls the palestinian territory. The truce at least for now ends a conflict that has stretched on for nearly two months. Nhk worlds craig dale reports. Palestinians in gaza rushed into the streets to celebrate. Theyve been running from israeli air strikes for seven weeks. Now they seem confident its safe to be out in the open. Translator i feel happy and joyful, like all palestinians do. Our family welcomes the truce agreement. Reporter hamas leaders took a moment to boast. Translator we are here today to announce gazas victory said a hamas spokesperson, to declare we have won over the destructive israeli power. That power exacted a steep cost. Israeli attacks flattened building after building. More than
Hundreds of refugees is discovered. Nigerias new president is sworn into office and view to say take the fight to boko haram. Fifas 209 members are about to cast votes in a president ial vote which is widely expected to grant seth blatter a fifth term. The ballot comes as footballs good morning body faces the worst crisis in its history with the arrest of seven top officials on corruption charges. These are the latest developments. Seth blatter addressed the congress on friday morning calling on fifa members to help fix footballs governing body. He says he Still Believes hes the best man for the top job despite calls for him to quit. He faces a challenge from prince ali of jordan. Europes football body is backing his candidacy. In a separate development as the congress was kicking off protestors briefly interjected calling on members to support a palestinian motion to suspend israel from World Football. Andy richardson joins us live from zurich. We are waiting on this vote, but im intr
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It is day 5 of the open conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza. This afternoon, Israeli Forces destroyed a site where four rockets had been fired toward tel aviv. There has been a flury of diplomatic activity. As it stands, 150 people have been killed in nearly and nearly a thousand have been hurt. The military wing of hamas issued a warning to israel earlier today. Now, the israeli army is warning northern gaza residents to leave their homes for their own safety. Nick schifrin is joining us from gaza. What seems to be the dramatic escalation to the violence in the last hour . What can you tell us . Reporter well, what you hear behind me perhaps is that ambulance, and that is whats happening in the last hour. There have been a large number of very big israeli strikes on the gaza. Some from the sea. Some from the air. Above us, i can hear drones flying ahead. What happened is as you just laid it out, about 8 00 oclock local, the military wing of hamas said they would attack te