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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
That Christmas Day crash happened just before 10 00 last night on foothill road just north of kentwood drive in pleasanton. We have new information from ktvus quigley live this afternoon at the scene with more of what happened. Greg . We might this is really just a heart breaking story. We have seen friends and family of these teenagers coming by this site to be there was x. They are still working on the repairs and opening this road back up after several hours. Those family members telling us some of the victims were just 13 years old. Shocked by this deadly crash. A small bouquet of flowers rests near foothill road just outside of essendon marking the place were three teenagers died and two were seriously injured in a single car crash, christmas night. This is durable. This is pretty much worst nightmare. Reporter two of the victims are brothers. Friends of the victim still some of the teenagers involved are students at dublin high school. Some of the students involved in the acciden
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
Hello to you. For a leaderfacing criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust it was a big test of his hold on power. But the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has retained control of the governing likud party, in an internal election, and will now lead israel into its Third National election within a year. It is due in march. Mr netanyahu has tweeted that hes achieved a huge win, and his rival, gideon saar, has admitted defeat. Rich preston reports. This was the first serious challenge to Benjamin Netanyahus leadership are ten years. But he seemed to still have the support of party loyalists, winning more than 70 of the votes. A huge win, mr netanyahu tweeted shortly after polls closed. Thank you to someone members for their love, support and trust. Confidence in israels longest serving Prime Minister had been shaken after two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing acc