Primary votes on super tuesday. South koreas president says hes declaring war on the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases there approaches 5001 jane has ordered all Government Agencies to get into emergency mode soldiers have been to points to disinfect areas of the city at the epicenter of south koreas i break which is the biggest outside of china almost 30 people have died there will be the country has entered war against the Infectious Disease as the crisis in daegu in north york book province has reached the highest point as a police operate all organizations of the government 24 hours by switching to the Emergency Operations system in till we are out of the crisis. Rob mcbride joins us now via skype from saw rob in practical terms what exactly does a declaration of war on the virus really mean. This is the fighting talk from moon j. And its reminiscent i think of the stance taken by china. China also declaring war that this is such a crisis it takes a war like 14 to deal w
Of a rare eclipse from the middle east to asia people have been marvelling at the ring of fire. Hello and welcome to world news today. Voting has now ended for the leadership of israels governing likud party which, for 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led with an iron grip. Mr netanyahu and his rival made last minute appeals to likud members for their support. More than 100,000 Party Members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran Prime Minister should lead them into the next election. Barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. The man who would be king. Gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. Translation i feel a great awakening on the ground. People understand that a change has to come today. With the help of god, together we will make that change today. He wants Party Members to vote for change because he says the Prime Minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. There is a growi
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
Crisis thats engulfing the city. Im bringing off its good to have you with it it is a major shift in u. S. Policy but it is in line with the trump doctrine the United States tonight saying it no longer considers israeli settlements in palestinian territories to be a violation of International Law all with that u. S. Secretary of states might bump a 0 announced a major shift in policy towards the region he also said that he hoped washington would soon be able to unveil things and Israeli Palestinian peace plan palestinians have slammed the move on settlements saying its another blow to the possibility of peace from peo however says that this is a purely legal matter and should and would not affect the Peace Process. The establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with International Law the hard truth is there will never be a judicial resolution to the conflict in arguments about who is right and wrong as a matter of International Law will no